Maternal outcomes at 3 months after planned caesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for twin pregnancies in the Twin Birth Study: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare outcomes at 3 months post partum for women randomised to give birth by planned caesarean section (CS) or by planned vaginal birth (VB) in the Twin Birth Study (TBS).

Design

We invited women in the TBS to complete a 3-month follow-up questionnaire.

Setting

Two thousand and eight hundred and four women from 25 countries.

Population

Two thousand and five hundred and seventy women (92% response rate).

Methods

Women randomised between 13 December 2003 and 4 April 2011 in the TBS completed a questionnaire and outcomes were compared using an intention-to-treat approach.

Main outcome and measures

Breastfeeding, quality of life, depression, fatigue and urinary incontinence.

Results

We found no clinically important differences be

SUBMITTER: Hutton EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5014197 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature