Table 2 [see also table 1 and
table 3]
Tableau 2 [voir
aussi le tableau 1 et le tableau
3]
Non-optimal background |
% (No) of primiparous women |
% (No) of multiparous women |
||
Home birth
|
Hospital birth
|
Home birth
|
Hospital birth
| |
(n = 471) |
(n = 369) |
(n = 669) |
(n = 327) | |
Social and medical background |
||||
Single mother+ |
2.2 (10) |
2.7 (9) |
0.8 (5) |
2.4 (7) |
Ethnic minority+ |
2.1 (10) |
5.2 (19)* |
2.2 (15) |
5.6 (18)* |
No attendance at antenatal classes+ |
13.7 (61) |
20.9 (70)* |
41.8 (265) |
41.6 (119) |
Smoking+ |
25.4 (113) |
29.2 (98) |
25.8 (116) |
24.9 (72) |
Alcohol use > 2 glasses a week+ |
4.3 (19) |
3.6 (12) |
5.4 (35) |
4.5 (13) |
Drug intake+ |
0.2 (1) |
0.9 (3) |
0.5 (3) |
0 |
Non-optimal Quetelet index+ |
29.0 (128) |
23.5 (77) |
27.9 (176) |
35.6 (99)* |
< 18.8 |
6.2 (27) |
5.5 (18) |
6.6 (42) |
5.4 (15) |
> 24.2 |
22.8 (101) |
18.0 (59) |
21.3 (134) |
30.2 (84) |
Non-optimal maternal age |
18.0 (83) |
21.9 (79) |
43.8 (288) |
45.1 (145) |
< 20 years |
0.6 (2) |
1.7 (6) |
0 |
0 |
> 31 years |
17.4 (81) |
20.2 (73) |
43.8 (288) |
45.1 (145) |
Pre-existent hypertension or diabetes |
0.4 (2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Reproductive history |
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History of infertility |
0.2 (1) |
0.8 (3) |
0.1 (1) |
0.3 (1) |
More than one abortion |
1.9 (9) |
0.8 (3) |
4.8 (32) |
4.0 (13) |
Preterm birth < 28 weeks |
0 |
0 |
0.4 (3) |
0.6 (2) |
Preterm birth 28-36 weeks |
0 |
0 |
0.3 (2) |
1.8 (6)* |
Intrauterine fetal death |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.3 (1) |
Instrumental (vaginal) delivery |
0 |
0 |
1.9 (13) |
8.0 (26)*** |
Caesarean section |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 (2) |
Infant with low weight for gestation |
0 |
0 |
0.9 (6) |
0 |
Pregnancy induced hypertension |
0 |
0 |
0.4 (3) |
0.6 (2) |
Complications in pregnancy |
0 |
0 |
0.4 (3) |
3.7 (12)*** |
Present pregnancy |
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Vaginal bleeding |
1.1 (5) |
1.9 (7) |
1.6 (11) |
2.1 (7) |
Pre-eclampsia |
1.1 (5) |
2.2 (8) |
0.6 (4) |
1.5 (5) |
Haemoglobin < 6.8 mmol/l |
14.2 (69) |
18.4 (68) |
18.8 (126) |
23.9 (78) |
Diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm Hg |
4.9 (23) |
5.1 (19) |
3.4 (23) |
2.8 (9) |
Uncertain dates |
4.9 (23) |
8.7 (32)* |
3.9 (26) |
5.8 (19) |
Rhesus sensitisation |
0 |
0 |
0.1 (1) |
0 |
Other complications |
14.2 (67) |
13.6 (50) |
10.5 (70) |
10.4 (34) |
Specialist advice required in pregnancy+ |
16.5 (76) |
18.9 (69) |
16.0 (106) |
21.0 (68) |
Non-optimal No of antenatal visits+ |
13.5 (62) |
14.1 (51) |
16.9 (112) |
10.5 (34)* |
< 10 |
11.3 (52) |
11.1 (40) |
16.2 (107) |
9.9 (32) |
> 15 |
2.2 (10) |
3.0 (11) |
0.7 (5) |
0.6 (2) |
Amniocentesis |
0.2 (1) |
0 |
2.2 (15) |
1.8 (6) |
Cardiotocography during pregnancy |
1.7 (8) |
2.7 (10) |
1.9 (13) |
2.4 (8) |
Drugs prescribed or taken in pregnancy+ |
78.6 (341) |
77.8 (242) |
83.1 (518) |
89.0 (242)* |
* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001
+ Some
missing data in this category were accounted for in the percentages.
+ On a tenu compte au niveau des pourcentages de données
manquantes dans cette catégorie.
Source:
Outcome of planned home and planned hospital births in low
risk pregnancies: prospective study in midwifery practices in the Netherlands
Résultats comparés de naissances planifiées
à domicile et à l'hôpital pour des grossesses à
risque faible: étude prospective des pratiques des sages-femmes aux
Pays-Bas. [Voir extraits]
(T A Wiegers,
M J N C Keirse, J van der Zee, & G A H Berghs)
British Medical Journal,
1996; 313: 1309-1313.
<http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/313/7068/1309>