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

Table 3 Duration of labour and hospital stay in caseload midwifery and standard care

	Caseload midwifery n = 2679			Standard care n = 10,436
	Mean	(SD)	n	Mean	(SD)	n	Crude mean diff. (95% CI)	Adj.^a mean diff. (95% CI)
Duration of labour (minutes)	500	(401)	2338	554	(416)	9251	−55 (−74;-37)	−28 (−45;-10)
Duration of hospital stay after birth (hours)	48.3	(49.1)	2454	53.3	(53.0)	9641	−5.0 (−7.2;-2.8)	−1.5 (−3.2;0.2)

^aAdjusted for maternal age, parity, maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, birth weight, smoking habits, need for interpreter, maternity unit, and birth year. We also controlled for Pre-pregnancy risks which included: previous IUGR, saesarean sections, and preterm births. And complications during pregnancy which 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)

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