Women's expectations and experiences of labor induction - a questionnaire-based analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although labor induction is a commonly used procedure in obstetrical care, there are limited data on its psycho-emotional effects on the woman. This study analysed the expectations and experiences of women in different routes of labor induction. The study's primary aim was to compare women's delivery experience if induced by orally administrated misoprostol (OMS) compared with misoprostol vaginal insert (MVI). Secondly, an evaluation of women's general satisfaction with induced labor was made, and factors associated with a negative experience.

Methods

Primiparous women (n = 196) with a singleton fetus in cephalic presentation, ≥ 37 weeks of gestation, with a Bishop's score ≤ 4 planning labor induction were randomly allocated to receive either OMS (Cytotec®) or MVI

SUBMITTER: Strandberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8097967 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature