dc.contributor.author | Hildingsson, Ingegerd | |
dc.contributor.author | Blix, Ellen | |
dc.contributor.author | Hegaard, Hanne Kristine | |
dc.contributor.author | Huitfeldt, Anette | |
dc.contributor.author | Ingversen, Karen | |
dc.contributor.author | Olafsdottir, Olof Asta | |
dc.contributor.author | Lindgren, Helena | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-08T13:02:35Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-24T09:49:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-08T13:02:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-24T09:49:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-10-15 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Birth 2015, 42(4):346-353 | language |
dc.identifier.issn | 1523-536X | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/4477 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Normal progress of labo
u
r is a subject for discussion among professionals. The
aim of th
is
study was to assess
the
length of labour in women with a planned
home birth
and
spontaneous onset who gave birth at home or in hospital after transfer.
Methods
: This is a population
-
based study of
home birth
s in four Nordic countries (Denmark,
Iceland, No
rway and Sweden). All midwives assisting at a
home birth
from
200
8
-
2013 were
asked to provide information about
home birth
s using a questionnaire.
Result
s:
B
irth data from 1612 women, from
Denmark, (
n=
1170),
Norway (n=263) Sweden
(n=138), and Iceland (n=41)
was included
.
The total
median
length from onset of labour until
the
birth of the baby was
approximately
14
hours for primiparas and
7
.
2
5 hours for
multiparas. The length of the different phases varied bet
ween countries. Blood loss > 1000 ml
and perine
a
l
ruptures that needed suturing were
associated with a longer pushing
phase
and
the latter with country of residence, parity, single status and
the
baby’s weight
.
Conclusion: In this population of healthy women with a low prevalence of interventions the
total length of
labour
was
fairly similar
to
what is described in the literature
for multiparas, but
longer for primiparas
.
Although the
length of the phases of labo
ur
differed
among
countries
,
it
was
to a minor extent associated with severe outcome
s
. | language |
dc.language.iso | en | language |
dc.publisher | Wiley | language |
dc.rights | This is the accepted version of the following article: Hildingsson, I., Blix, E., Hegaard, H., Huitfeldt, A., Ingversen, K., Ólafsdóttír, Ó. Á., & Lindgren, H. (2015). How Long Is a Normal Labor? Contemporary Patterns of Labor and Birth in a Low‐Risk Sample of 1,612 Women from Four Nordic Countries. Birth, 42(4), 346-353., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/birt.12191. | language |
dc.subject | Length of labour | language |
dc.subject | Physiological birth | language |
dc.subject | Phases of labour | language |
dc.subject | Country of birth | language |
dc.subject | Home birth | language |
dc.title | How Long Is a Normal Labor? Contemporary Patterns of Labor and Birth in a Low-Risk Sample of 1,612 Women from Four Nordic Countries | language |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | language |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-04-08T13:02:35Z | |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | language |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12191 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1292691 | |