Table 6 Multivariable logistic regression analysis on the risk factors for the main reasons for poor childbirth experience as reported by the women in Helsinki University Hospital during 2017–2018, N = 836
Pain | Long labour | Unplanned CS | Lack of support by care givers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factor | n | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value |
Primiparity | 598 | 0.7 | 0.8–1.5 | 0.72 | 2.6 | 1.7–4.0 | < 0.01 | 1.4 | 0.9–2.3 | 0.17 | 1.1 | 0.6–1.9 | 0.87 |
Induction of labour | 398 | 0.6 | 0.5–0.8 | < 0.01 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.1 | 0.23 | 2.3 | 1.5–3.6 | < 0.01 | 1.2 | 0.7–2.1 | 0.42 |
Age ≥ 37 years | 135 | 0.8 | 0.5–1.1 | 0.21 | 1.3 | 0.8–2.1 | 0.19 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.6 | 0.17 | 2.2 | 1.2–4.1 | 0.01 |
BMI ≥ 30 | 132 | 1,1 | 0.8–1.7 | 0.57 | 1.2 | 0.8–1.8 | 0.45 | 1.0 | 0.6–1.8 | 0.94 | 1.3 | 0.7–2.6 | 0.41 |
Fear of childbirth | 155 | 0.8 | 0.5–1.1 | 0.15 | 1.1 | 0.7–1.6 | 0.77 | 0.8 | 0.5–1.5 | 0.52 | 1.6 | 0.9–3.0 | 0.13 |
Psychiatric illness | 77 | 0.8 | 0.5–1.3 | 0.48 | 0.6 | 0.4–1.1 | 0.12 | 1.4 | 0.7–2.6 | 0.32 | 1.2 | 0.5–2.6 | 0.68 |