Midwife-led maternity care in Ireland – a retrospective cohort study

Table 5 Comparison of intervention rates, care variables and key outcomes in the study group (all women opting for MLU care), between all spontaneous vaginal births at MLU vs CLU

	MLU	CLU	p-value
	n = 1,878	n = 900*	p-value
Primiparity, %	18.8	25.9	<0.001 ^a
Maternal age, years	30.6	29.5	<0.001 ^b
Primiparous women	27.4	26.6
Multiparous women	31.4	30.6
1-2 midwives involved, %	90.9	70.0	<0.001 ^a
Primiparous women	88.4	68.3
Multiparous women	91.5	70.6
Maximum 3 vaginal examinations during birth, %	93.6	79.7	<0.001 ^a
Primiparous women	86.8	69.4
Multiparous women	95.1	83.2
Upright position, %	52.0	9.4	<0.001 ^a
Primiparous women	52.0	6.9
Multiparous women	52.0	10.3
Amniotomy, %	5.9	25.9	<0.001 ^a
Primiparous women	5.5	24.0
Multiparous women	6,1	26.6
Episiotomy, %	3.4	9.4	<0.001 ^a
Primiparous women	7.3	22.7
Multiparous women	2.4	4.8
Sphincter tear, %	1.7	2.0	0.539 ^a
Primiparous women	4.2	3.4
Multiparous women	1.0	1.5
Physiological management of 3^rd stage, %	50.9	4.7	<0.001 ^a
Primiparous women	50.8	2.1
Multiparous women	50.9	5.5
PPH > 500 mL, %	2.9	7.2	<0.001 ^a
Primiparous women	5.1	7.7
Multiparous women	2.4	7.0
PPH > 1000 mL, %	1.3	2.8	0.008 ^a
Primiparous women	2.6	3.4
Multiparous women	1.0	2.6
Apgar score <7 at 5 min, %	0.1	0.5	0.038 ^a
Primiparous women	0.0	0.9
Multiparous women	0.1	0.3

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