Women’s Choice of Positions during Labour: Return to the Past or a Modern Way to Give Birth? A Cohort Study in Italy
Table 1
Comparison between the groups (Group-A versus Group-B) in terms of maternal, labour, and neonatal characteristics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests showed a normal distribution of continuous variables).
Maternal, labour, and neonatal characteristics
Variables
Groups (number)
Mean (±standard deviation)
value
Maternal age (years)
Group-A (69)
31.83 (5.55)
n.s.
Group-B (156)
30.83 (6.36)
Total (225)
31.13 (6.13)
Gestational age at birth (weeks)
Group-A (69)
39.70 (1.40)
n.s.
Group-B (156)
39.02 (1.01)
Total (225)
39.23 (1.18)
BMI
Group-A (69)
24.26 (3.53)
n.s.
Group-B (156)
23.29 (3.57)
Total (225)
23.59 (3.58)
Intralabour pain (Numeric Rating Scale score)
Group-A (69)
7.1 (1.6)
Group-B (156)
3.7 (1.2)
Total (225)
4.72 (2.1)
First stage labour length (minutes)
Group-A (69)
336.1 (161.1)
Group-B (156)
192.1 (125.8)
Total (225)
230.2 (149.9)
Second stage labour length (minutes)
Group-A (69)
84.4 (57.8)
Group-B (156)
34.4 (32.6)
Total (225)
47.1 (45.9)
Variables
Groups (number)
Number (percentage)
value
Analgesia request
Group-A (69)
24 (34.8)
Group-B (156)
15 (9.6%)
Total (225)
39 (17.3)
Occiput posterior position at labour onset
Group-A (69)
28 (40.6)
n.s.
Group-B (156)
57 (36.5)
Total (225)
85 (37.8)
Persistent occiput posterior position at delivery (except cesarean sections)
