Maternal childbirth experience and time of delivery: a retrospective 7-year cohort study of 105 847 parturients in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore how the time of delivery influences childbirth experience.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Childbirth in the four Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District hospitals, Finland, from 2012 to 2018.

Participants

105 847 childbirths with a singleton live fetus.

Main outcome measures

Childbirth experience measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).

Results

The major difference in average childbirth experience measured by VAS was between primiparas (8.03; 95% CI 8.01 to 8.04) and multiparas (8.47; 95% CI 8.45 to 8.48). Risk ratio (RR) of the low VAS (≤5) was 2.3 when primiparas were compared with multiparas. Differences in VAS between distinct periods were found in two stages: annual and time of day. The decrease in VAS from

SUBMITTER: Joensuu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211041 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature