Table 3 |
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Effects of intervention on the events of labor and delivery, according to group |
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| Event |
Support (n = 105) |
Control (N = 107) |
RR (95% CI) |
p value |
|
|
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| Cervical dilation [median (range)] |
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| Amniotomy |
5 (3–8) |
5 (3–10) |
- |
0.958† |
| Oxytocin |
4 (3–9) |
4 (3–9) |
- |
0.653† |
| Analgesia |
5 (3–10) |
5 (3–10) |
- |
0.253† |
| Functional Dystocia |
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| Absent |
99 |
97 |
- |
0.655 |
| Tachysystole |
2 |
3 |
0.66 (0.11–3.87) |
|
| Hypo/oligo-systole |
4 |
7 |
0.58 (0.17–1.91) |
|
| Color of amniotic fluid |
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| Clear |
91 |
80 |
- |
0.020 |
| Meconium-stained |
13 |
26 |
0.51 (0.28–0.94) |
|
| Fetal heart rate |
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| Unaltered |
81 |
76 |
- |
|
| Altered |
24 |
31 |
1.18 (0.84–1.66) |
0.309 |
| Type of delivery |
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| Vaginal |
94 |
95 |
- |
|
| Caesarean |
11 |
12 |
0.93 (0.43–2.02) |
0.862 |
| Time [median (range)] |
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| First stage of labor§ (h) |
3.4 (1.2–15.5) |
3.8 (1.4–11.8) |
- |
0.123† |
| Admission – amniotomy (h) |
1.1 (0–6.9) |
1.2 (0–9.0) |
- |
0.639† |
| Admission – analgesia (h) |
1.7 (0.1–7.8) |
1.8 (0.3–9.3) |
- |
0.283† |
| Second stage of labor§ (min) |
18 (4.8 – 75) |
16.2 (1.2–48) |
- |
0.368† |
| Analgesia – birth (h) |
2.3 (0.1–14.6) |
2.3 (0.1–8.6) |
- |
0.605† |
| Hospital admission – birth (h) |
3.8 (1–16) |
4.3 (1.3–12.2) |
- |
0.284† |
|
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†Wilcoxon test, §Caesarean sections excluded, Chi-square test |
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Bruggemann et al. Reproductive Health 2007 4:5 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-4-5 |
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