Perinatal and maternal outcomes in planned home and obstetric unit births in women at 'higher risk' of complications: secondary analysis of the Birthplace national prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore and compare perinatal and maternal outcomes in women at 'higher risk' of complications planning home versus obstetric unit (OU) birth.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

OUs and planned home births in England.

Population

8180 'higher risk' women in the Birthplace cohort.

Methods

We used Poisson regression to calculate relative risks adjusted for maternal characteristics. Sensitivity analyses explored possible effects of differences in risk between groups and alternative outcome measures.

Main outcome measures

Composite perinatal outcome measure encompassing 'intrapartum related mortality and morbidity' (intrapartum stillbirth, early neonatal death, neonatal encephalopathy, meconium aspiration syndrome, brachial plexus in

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4409851 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature