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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and their obstetric features compared with regional data (all women who gave birth in the region in 2014) and national data including all births in the Netherlands in 2014

From: Continuity of care is an important and distinct aspect of childbirth experience: findings of a survey evaluating experienced continuity of care, experienced quality of care and women’s perception of labor

Characteristics

Respondents n = 187 n (%)

Regional data 2014 (n = 3085) %

National data PRN 2014 (n = 175,215) %

Demographics

Age in years

 Mean [SD]

31.5 [4.1]

31

31 [4.9]

Educational level

 

 Low

15 (8.0)

  

 Middle

52 (27.8)

  

 High

120 (64.2)

  

Ethnicity

 Dutch

184 (98.4)

85

74

 Other

3 (1.6)

15

26

Obstetric features

Parity

 Primiparous

78 (41.7)

44

45

 Parous

109 (58.3)

56

55

Gestational age during birth in weeks median [range]

40 [35–42]

39

40

Mode of birth

 Vaginal spontaneous

163(87.2)

72

75

 Vaginal assisted (vacuum/forceps)

17 (9.1)

10

9

 Caesarean section, not primary

7 (3.7)

18

17

Location of birth

 Home

54 (28.9)

12

15

 Midwife-led hospital

45 (24.1)

13

13

 Obstetrician-led hospital

88 (47.0)

75

71

Care during pregnancy

 Midwife-led care

136 (72.7)

79a

86a

 Obstetrician-led care

15 (8.0)

21

14

 Referred during pregnancy

36 (19.3)

37

35

Care during labor

 Midwife-led care

99 (52.9)

42b

51b

 Obstetrician-led care

51 (27.3)

58

49

 Referred during labor

37 (19.8)

16

22

  1. PRN data are national data. Regional data are Perined-insight LVR2 data
  2. In the regional and national comparison groups, women with a pre-labor caesarian section and who had a child with a major congenital abnormality could not be excluded
  3. aincluding women who were referred during pregnancy
  4. bincluding women who were referred during labor