Maternal childbirth experience and pain relief methods: a retrospective 7-year cohort study of 85 488 parturients in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to analyse the relation between the used labour pain relief and childbirth experience measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Childbirth in five Helsinki University Hospital delivery units from 2012 to 2018.

Primary outcome measure

Childbirth experience measured by VAS and classified in three groups (negative VAS=1-5, positive VAS=6-8 and highly positive=9-10).

Results

The use of epidural or non-epidural compared with non-medical pain relief methods decreased the likelihood to experience highly positive childbirth for primiparous (adjusted OR (aOR)_EPIDURAL=0.64, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.73; and aOR_NON-EPIDURAL=0.76, 95% CI 0.66 to 0.87) and multiparous (aOR

SUBMITTER: Joensuu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086622 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature