Skip to main content

Table 4 Description of variables related to assistance during labor and vaginal delivery: between study comparison of Birth in Belo Horizonte and Childbirth and breastfeeding in children of mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2

From: Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor and childbirth care practices in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

 

Survey

 

Birth in Belo Horizonte

Childbirth and breastfeeding in children of SARS-CoV-2 infected mothers

p-value*

Recommended practices during labor, delivery, and to the newborn

Provision of diet

  

< 0.001

 No

163(51.10)

15(1.35)

 

 Yes

156(48.90)

1.099(98.65)

 

Non-pharmacological methods for pain relief

 

< 0.001

 No

164(56.16)

310(32.43)

 

 Yes

128(43.84)

646(67.57)

 

Presence of a companion

  

0.091

 No

16(4.10)

59(5.90)

 

 Yes

374(95.90)

941(94.10)

 

Partogram

  

< 0.001

 No

87(29.79)

666(60.38)

 

 Yes

205(70.21)

437(39.62)

 

Analgesia

  

< 0.001

 No

250(85.62)

773(70.53)

 

 Yes

42(14.38)

323(29.47)

 

Breastfeeding in the first hour of life

 

< 0.001

 No

152(39.69)

133(22.02)

 

 Yes

231(60.31)

471(77.98)

 

Practices not recommended during labor, delivery, and to the newborn

Enema

  

0.771

 No

292(100)

1017(99.90)

 

 Yes

1(0.10)

 

Trichotomy

  

0.363

 No

292(100)

1013(99.61)

 

 Yes

4(0.39)

 

Bed rest prescription

  

0.166

 No

260(89.04)

961(90.92)

 

 Yes

32(10.96)

96(9.08)

 

Oxytocin infusion misused during labor

 

< 0.001

 No

159(54.45)

779(71.93)

 

 Yes

133(45.55)

304(28.07)

 

Amniotomy

  

< 0.001

 No

146(69.19)

935(84.92)

 

 Yes

65(30.81)

166(15.08)

 

Kristeller maneuver

  

< 0.001

 No

237(83.45)

1050(99.06)

 

 Yes

47(15.73)

10(0.94)

 

Position in labour “lying on your back with your legs raised”.

< 0.001

 No

82(28.77)

987(93.46)

 

 Yes

203(71.23)

67(6.54)

 

Episiotomy

  

< 0.001

 No

241(84.27)

1029(97.91)

 

 Yes

45(15.73)

22(2.09)

 

Elective Caesarean Section

  

0.179

 No

67(66.34)

266(61.43)

 

 Yes

34(33.66)

167(38.57)

 
  1. Source: Prepared for the purpose of this study
  2. *Pearson chi-square test; p-value in bold ≤0.05