Table 4 Care practices during labor in women assisted in the PPA model of care, Brazil, 2017
Care practices | Collaborative work during labor | Doctor | p-valor* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | IC 95% | n | % | IC 95% | ||
Recommended practices | |||||||
Companionship during labor | 593 | 98.3 | (97.1;99.0) | 476 | 98.7 | (97.5;99.4) | 0.530 |
Oral fluid and food | 397 | 72.0 | (67.1;76.3) | 250 | 53.5 | (48.4;58.5) | < 0.001 |
Maternal mobility and position | 487 | 93.1 | (90.0;95.4) | 329 | 86.9 | (82.5;90.4) | 0.008 |
Monitoring of labor progression | 407 | 97.2 | (94.5;98.6) | 425 | 93.5 | (90.5;95.6) | 0.030 |
Non-pharmacological pain relief | 474 | 73.4 | (69.0;77.4) | 332 | 62.2 | (57.4;66.8) | < 0.001 |
Respected birth plana | 108 | 93.6 | (85.9;97.2) | 84 | 97.7 | (92.6;99.3) | 0.150 |
Epidural analgesia for pain relief | 417 | 64.6 | (60.3;68.8) | 298 | 56.0 | (51.5;60.3) | 0.007 |
Non recommended practices | |||||||
Routine intravenous fluid | 319 | 49.5 | (44.8;54.3) | 266 | 49.9 | (45.5;54.3) | 0.919 |
Routine amniotomyb | 176 | 64.1 | (56.7;70.9) | 140 | 63.1 | (56.0;69.8) | 0.855 |
Enema on admission | 0 | 0.0 | - | 8 | 1.6 | (0.7;3.4) | 0.006 |
Perineal/pubic shaving | 23 | 3.6 | (2.0;6.3) | 25 | 4.6 | (2.8;7.6) | 0.505 |
Use of oxytocin for prevention of delay in labor in women receiving epidural analgesia | 297 | 71.2 | (65.4;76.3) | 219 | 73.7 | (67.4;79.1) | 0.540 |
Cardiotocography during labor in healthy pregnant women with spontaneous labor | 118 | 31.9 | (26.3;38.1) | 106 | 28.1 | (22.9;33.9) | 0.358 |