Table 7 Selective versus Routine episiotomy in Obstetric hospitals and General hospitals: maternal outcomes (weighted)

Severe perineal laceration

1

0.21

1

0.03

0.08

2

0.25

1

0.14

0.76

Term labor

200

29.14

1361

35.12

< 0.05

174

26.21

101

40.37

< 0.05

Augment

229

33.27

841

21.70

< 0.05

94

14.12

65

26.2

< 0.05

Doula

40

5.89

2540

65.54

< 0.05

87

13.03

81

32.65

< 0.05

Meconium

55

8.05

275

7.08

0.37

41

6.09

9

3.51

0.12

Placenta accreta

14

2

83

2.15

0.80

11

1.58

5

1.91

0.74

Incompletely uterine rupture

0

0

7

0.18

0.27

1

0.15

0

0

0.54

Episiotomy

488

70.96

1226

31.64

< 0.05

619

93.09

158

63.27

< 0.05

Postpartum hemorrhage

21

2.99

61

1.56

< 0.05

27

4.06

7

2.94

0.43

Transfusion

3

0.42

12

0.31

0.66

4

0.55

2

0.86

0.59

Puerperal infection

2

0.29

19

0.49

0.47

1

0.10

1

0.29

0.50