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Table 3 Study group: Transfer times, rates and causes to standard obstetric care according to parity (n=391)

From: Model of care and chance of spontaneous vaginal birth: a prospective, multicenter matched-pair analysis from North Rhine-Westphalia

 

Total

(n=391)

Nulliparous

(n = 219)

Parous

(n = 172)

p value

Transfer to obstetric care (n, %)

200

51.2

153

69.9

47

27.3

<0.001

In case of transfer: transfer time (n, %)

      

<0.001

 During labor

175

87.5

139

90.8

36

76.6

 

 After birth

25

12.5

14

9.2

11

23.4

 

 Missinga

191

 

66

 

125

  

In case of transfer during labor: transfer causes, categorized (n, %)

 Fetal

59

33.7

36

25.9

23

63.9

<0.001

 Obstetric

32

18.3

29

20.9

3

8.3

 

 Non-medical causes

84

48.0

74

53.2

10

27.8

 

 Missingb

216

 

80

 

136

  
  1. aincluding no transfer
  2. bincluding transfer after birth or no transfer