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Table 2 VBAC change from 2012 to 2016 by allocation and country

From: OptiBIRTH: a cluster randomised trial of a complex intervention to increase vaginal birth after caesarean section

Country

Allocation

Births ‘12 (n)

VBAC ‘12 (n)

VBAC ‘12 (%)

Births ‘16 (n)

VBAC ‘16 (n)

VBAC ‘16 (%)

VBAC (% improvement)

 

Control

3156

576

18.25

2852

635

22.27

4.02

 

Intervention

2518

645

25.62

2432

611

25.12

−0.50

Germany

Control

473

129

27.27

585

159

27.18

−0.09

 

Intervention

733

247

33.70

1030

281

27.28

−6.42

Ireland

Control

1408

312

22.16

1281

266

20.77

−1.39

 

Intervention

1049

337

32.13

922

236

25.60

−6.53

Italy

Control

1275

135

10.59

986

210

21.30

10.71

 

Intervention

736

61

8.29

480

94

19.58

11.29