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Table 4 Obstetric complications 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

Obstetric anal sphincter injury

 Yes

390

53 (13.6)

2.71 (2.01–3.64)

2.07 (1.51–2.83)

 No

16,384

900 (5.5)

ref.

ref.

 Missing n

1

   

Postpartum hemorrhage

  < 500 ml

11,876

543 (4.6)

ref.

ref.

 500–999 ml

3725

288 (7.7)

1.75 (1.51–2.03)

1.65 (1.42–1.92)

 1000–1999 ml

815

82 (10.1)

2.34 (1.83–2.98)

2.11 (1.65–2.72)

  ≥ 2000 ml

161

27 (16.8)

4.21 (2.76–6.42)

4.11 (2.68–6.30)

 Missing n

198

   

Apgar score at 5 min

  < 4

19

3 (15.8)

3.00 (0.88–10.28)

2.57 (0.74–8.89)

  < 7

179

28 (15.6)

3.16 (2.10–4.76)

2.95 (1.95–4.47)

  ≥ 7

16,559

918 (5.5)

ref.

ref.

 Missing n

37

   
  1. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. aAdjusted for maternal age and parity