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Table 2 Self-reported continuity of carer

From: Continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) increases women’s satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: results from the COSMOS randomised controlled trial

Aspect of care

Caseload

Standard care

Test statistic

Pregnancy

     

 Total number of antenatal visits (mean, SD) (953/790)

9.0

3.4

9.0

8.5

Mean diff 0.26, p = 0.10

 Number of different midwives seen during pregnancy (mean, SD, (range)) (960/794)

2.8

1.2 (0, 14)

4.6

2.6 (0, 30)

Mean diff 1.82, p < 0.001

 Number of midwives who provided care in labour (mean, SD, (range)) (977/820)

2.4

1.3 (0, 16)

3.3

2.1 (0, 18)

Mean diff 0.91, p < 0.001

Labour and birth

     

 Number of times had met the ‘best known’ intrapartum midwife (mean, SD, (range)) (966/820)

3.7

3.0 (0, 20)

0.2

0.3 (0, 10)

Mean diff 3.46, p < 0.001

 Median (IQR (median included here as this data more skewed)

3

(1, 6)

0

(0, 0)

p < 0.001

(Mann–Whitney test)

 Had met at least one of midwives providing care in labour at least once before (n, %) (966/820)

853

88.3

74

9.0

Chi2 p < 0.001

 Number of times had previously met at least one of the midwives providing care in labour (n, %) (966/820):

    

Chi2 p < 0.001

  Had met none of midwives

113

11.7

746

91.0

 

  Once

198

20.5

45

5.5

 

  Two times

100

10.4

12

1.5

 

  Three times

91

9.4

4

0.5

 

  Four times

112

11.6

2

0.2

 

  Five times

105

10.9

4

0.5

 

  Six times

98

10.1

2

0.2

 

  Seven times or more

149

15.4

5

0.6

 

 Would have liked to get to know midwife attending birth better before had baby (n, %) (917/818)

    

Chi2 p < 0.001

  Yes, definitely

331

36.1

405

49.5

 

  Yes, possibly

235

25.6

247

30.2

 

  No, not really

351

38.3

166

20.3

 

Postpartum

     

 Had a least one postnatal visit at home with midwife met before (n, %) (957/777)

896

96.3

123

15.8

Chi2 p < 0.001