[Childbirth outcomes and perineal damage in women with natural childbirth in Korea: a retrospective chart review].

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to determine the actual state of childbirth in Korean women with natural childbirth and the degree of damage to the perineum during childbirth.

Methods

This retrospective study analyzed the medical records of mothers who had natural childbirth at a hospital in Seoul, Korea in 2018. Data from 358 women with cephalic births at greater than 37 gestational weeks were analyzed. To determine natural childbirth characteristics and the degree of damage to the perineum, descriptive statistics were done. The difference in the degree of perineal injury according to obstetric characteristics was analyzed using independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance.

Results

The mean age was 33.18±3.68 years, and 49.2% were primiparas, while 39% gave birth wit

SUBMITTER: Kim KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328644 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature