From: Midwife-led maternity care in Ireland – a retrospective cohort study
Year 2008 | Year 2009 | Year 2010 | Year 2011 | Year 2012 | Year 2013 | Total | p-value | |
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n = 594 | n = 564 | n = 668 | n = 631 | n = 705 | n = 722 | n = 3,884 | ||
Nulliparous women, % | 16.3 | 19.3 | 25.1 | 35.8 | 46.5 | 38.9 | 31.1 | <0.001 a |
Maternal age, years | 29.9 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 30.2 | 30.0 | 0.480 b |
Gave birth at MLU, % | 45.6 | 50.0 | 52.4 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 47.0 | 49.0 | 0.972 a |
No antenatal transfer, % | 50.5 | 66.1 | 68.3 | 66.1 | 63.5 | 60.7 | 62.6 | 0.022 a |
Induction of labour, % | 15.8 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 22.2 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 19.5 | 0.016 a |
Acceleration of spontaneous labour with oxytocin, % | 13.2 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 0.451 a |
Spontaneous vaginal birth, % | 73.2 | 73.0 | 72.9 | 71.2 | 71.6 | 68.8 | 71.7 | 0.054 a |
Instrumental vaginal birth, % | 14.8 | 14.2 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 0.580 a |
Caesarean section, % | 12.0 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 0.047 a |
PPH over 500 mL, % | 12.9 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 0.095 a |
PPH over 1000 mL, % | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 0.795 a |
Apgar Score <7 at 5 min, % | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.720 a |