Impact of collegial midwifery assistance during second stage of labour on women's experience: a follow-up from the Swedish Oneplus randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare experiences of the second stage of labour in women randomised to assistance by one or by two midwives to reduce severe perineal trauma (SPT).

Design

Analysis of a secondary outcome within the Swedish Oneplus multicentre randomised trial.

Setting

Five obstetric units in Sweden between December 2018 and March 2020.

Participants

Inclusion criteria in the Oneplus trial were women opting for their first vaginal birth from gestational week 37+0 with a singleton pregnancy and a live fetus in the vertex presentation. Further inclusion criteria were language proficiency in Swedish, English, Arabic or Farsi. Exclusion criteria were multiple pregnancies, intrauterine fetal demise and planned caesarean section. Of the 3059 women who had a spontaneous v

SUBMITTER: Haggsgard C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11284909 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature