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Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to caseload midwifery and standard care

From: Labour outcomes in caseload midwifery and standard care: a register-based cohort study

 

Total n = 13,115

Caseload Midwifery n = 2679

Standard Care n = 10,436

%

%

 

n

%

 

n

Singleton births (n = 13,115)

 

100

 

2679

100

 

10,436

Births per year

 2013

32.1

36.5

 

978

31.0

 

3230

 2014

33.2

33,4

 

896

33.1

 

3456

 2015

34.7

30.0

 

805

35.9

 

3750

Births per maternity unit:

 Maternity unit A

71.8

45.4

 

1217

76.3

 

7958

 Maternity unit B

28.2

54.6

 

1462

23.7

 

2478

 Years school = <  9 years a

25.4

30.7

 

263

24.2

 

958

 Professional education = < 3 years a

34.4

40.7

 

349

33.0

 

1307

 Married

42.5

45.5

 

1219

41.7

 

4350

 Living alone

5.8

5.8

 

155

5.8

 

604

 Need of interpreter

2.9

5.0

 

135

2.4

 

247

Smoking in pregnancy

 no

89.5

88.0

 

2357

89.9

 

9386

 yes

9.0

10.3

 

276

8.7

 

905

 ceased during pregnancy

1.5

1.7

 

46

1.4

 

145

 Complicated pregnancyb

22.7

23.1

 

618

22.7

 

2365

 Pre-pregnancy risks

26.7

26.7

 

714

26.8

 

2793

 Parity 0

46.8

41.2

 

1104

48.2

 

5027

 Parity 1

36.5

36.3

 

973

36.6

 

3814

 Parity 2

12.2

15.7

 

420

11.3

 

1175

 Parity 3

3.2

4.7

 

125

2.9

 

300

 Parity > = 4

1.3

2.1

 

57

1.1

 

116

 

Total mean

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

 Visits General Practitioner

2.7

2.7

0.9

2610

2.7

0.8

10,107

 Visits Midwife

5.0

5.1

1.6

2610

5.0

1.6

10,111

 Visits Obstetrician

3.7

3.7

2.3

2608

3.8

2.3

10,110

 Mothers age (years)

30.0

29.8

5.0

2679

30.0

5.0

10,436

 Mothers height (cm)

167

167

6.6

2678

167

6.6

10,433

 Mother weight at hosp.(kg)

84.2

85.9

17

1223

83.8

15.8

6300

 Prepregnancy BMI

24.9

25.7

5.5

2678

24.7

5.2

10,430

 Gestational age(days)

278

278

13.4

2679

278

14.6

10,432

 Infant length (cm)

51.6

51.7

2.9

2654

51.6

3.0

10,393

 Infant weight (g)

3500

3521

580

2673

3495

592

10,427

  1. aData only available from 1 November 2014 to 31 January 2015 (n = 4815)
  2. bcomplicated pregnancy included: malformations; alcohol or drug abuse; IVF; primiparous< 20; preeclampsia; hypertension; diabetes; premature contractions < 37 weeks of gestation; vaginal bleeding < 37 weeks of gestation; placental abnormalities; uterine abnormalities, and blood type incompatibilities (Rh, ABO, platelets, hydrops foetalis, and other kinds of blood type incompatibilities)