From: Support to woman by a companion of her choice during childbirth: a randomized controlled trial
Event | Support (n = 105) | Control (N = 107) | RR (95% CI) | p value |
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Cervical dilation [median (range)] | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Clear | 91 | 80 | - | 0.020 |
Meconium-stained | 13 | 26 | 0.51 (0.28–0.94) | |
Fetal heart rate | ||||
Unaltered | 81 | 76 | - | |
Altered | 24 | 31 | 1.18 (0.84–1.66) | 0.309 |
Type of delivery | ||||
Vaginal | 94 | 95 | - | |
Caesarean | 11 | 12 | 0.93 (0.43–2.02) | 0.862 |
Time [median (range)] | ||||
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† |