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Table 2 Obstetric outcomes among women born in Sweden with birth from gestation 32 + 0; 13,029 women registered at a maternity clinic randomized to Mindfetalness and 13,456 women registered at a maternity clinic randomized to routine care

From: A decrease in cesarean sections and labor inductions among Swedish women by awareness of fetal movements with the Mindfetalness method

Outcome

Mindfetalness

n (%)

Routine care

n (%)

Rate Ratio

(95% CI)

p-value

Induction of labor

2500 (19.2)

2729 (20.3)

0.95 (0.90–0.99)

0.03

Cesarean section (total)

2394 (18.4)

2692 (20.0)

0.92 (0.87–0.97)

< 0.001

 Pre-labor

1297 (10.0)

1470 (10.9)

0.91 (0.85–0.98)

0.01

 In labor

1097 (8.4)

1222 (9.1)

0.93 (0.86–1.00)

0.06

Spontaneous start of labor

9238 (70.9)

9263 (68.8)

1.03 (1.01–1.05)

< 0.001

Preterm delivery (< 37 + 0)

483 (3.7)

479 (3.6)

1.04 (0.92–1.18)

0.53

Birth gestation > 41 + 6

687 (5.3)

804 (6.0)

0.88 (0.80–0.97)

0.01

Apgar Score < 7 at 5 mina,d

127 (1.0)

128 (1.0)

1.02 (0.80–1.31)

0.85

Apgar Score < 4 at 5 mina,d

48 (0.4)

39 (0.3)

1.27 (0.83–1.94)

0.28

Birthweight ≤10th centileb,e

1107 (8.5)

1253 (9.3)

0.91 (0.85–0.99)

0.02

Birthweight <2SDc,e

315 (2.4)

360 (2.7)

0.90 (0.78–1.05)

0.19

Admitted to NICU

832 (6.4)

914 (6.8)

0.94 (0.86–1.03)

0.19

Death within 27 days after birth

2 (0.0)

2 (0.0)

1.02 (0.14–7.26)

1.00

  1. aNumber of stillbirths: Mindfetalness n = 17 (0.1%); Routine care n = 14 (0.1%)
  2. bInternational definition of Small for Gestational Age (SGA) ≤10th centile for the gestational age
  3. cSwedish definition of Small for Gestational Age (SGA) <2SD from the national reference mean
  4. dMissing 46: Mindfetalness 20 (0.2%), Routine care 26 (0.2%)
  5. eMissing 23: Mindfetalness 11 (0.1%), Routine care 12 (0.1%)
  6. NICU Neonatal intensive care unit