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Table 2 Obstetric interventions and risk of dissatisfaction with childbirth. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs and aORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)

From: The impact of obstetric interventions and complications on women’s satisfaction with childbirth a population based cohort study including 16,000 women

 

Total number of births N = 16,775

Dissatisfaction with childbirth VAS 1–3

  

Number n (%)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI) a

Onset of labor

 Spontaneous

13,071

669 (5.1)

ref.

ref.

 Induction

2655

232 (8.7)

1.78 (1.52–2.07)

1.69 (1.44–1.98)

 Elective CS

1049

52 (5.0)

0.97 (0.72–1.29)

1.00 (0.74–1.34)

Epidural anesthesia

 Yes

6074

509 (8.4)

2.11 (1.85–2.41)

1.90 b (1.64–2.20)

 No

10,701

444 (4.1)

ref.

ref.

Oxytocin augmentation

 Yes

6455

561 (8.7)

2.41 (2.11–2.75)

2.11 (1.83–2.44)

 No

10,320

392 (3.8)

ref.

ref.

  1. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; CS: cesarean section. aAdjusted for maternal age and parity. b Adjusted for maternal age, parity and mode of birth