Demographic, clinical and care characteristics of those who held or did not hold their baby
| Held % (n) | Did not hold % (n) | |
|---|---|---|
| N=394 | N=74 | |
| Demographic characteristics (n) | ||
| Maternal age (years) (464) (p=0.114) | ||
| 16–19 | 75.0 (9) | 25.0 (3) |
| 20–29 | 89.5 (145) | 10.5 (17) |
| 30–39 | 81.1 (202) | 18.9 (47) |
| 40+ | 82.9 (34) | 17.1 (7) |
| Age on leaving full-time education (years) (458) (p=0.322) | ||
| <17 | 86.7 (65) | 13.3 (10) |
| 17–18 | 87.4 (125) | 12.6 (18) |
| 19+ | 82.1 (197) | 17.9 (43) |
| Ethnicity (466)** (p=0.013) | ||
| White | 85.6 (351) | 14.2 (58) |
| Black/Asian/mixed/other | 71.9 (41) | 28.1 (16) |
| Maternal country of birth (466)*** (p<0.001) | ||
| UK | 87.3 (336) | 12.7 (49) |
| Outside the UK | 70.4 (57) | 29.6 (24) |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles (464) (p=0.056) | ||
| 1st quintile (most disadvantaged) | 79.3 (84) | 20.8 (22) |
| 2nd quintile | 81.3 (74) | 18.7 (17) |
| 3rd quintile | 87.5 (77) | 12.5 (11) |
| 4th quintile | 88.3 (83) | 11.7 (11) |
| 5th quintile (most advantaged) | 87.1 (74) | 12.9 (11) |
| Partnership status (468) (p=0.869) | ||
| Married or with partner | 84.4 (357) | 15.6 (66) |
| Single mother | 82.2 (37) | 17.8 (8) |
| Long term physical problem (464) (p=0.171) | ||
| No | 84.1 (382) | 15.9 (72) |
| Yes | 100 (10) | 0 (0) |
| Long term mental health problem (462) (p=0.578) | ||
| No | 84.6 (374) | 15.4 (68) |
| Yes | 80.0 (16) | 20.0 (4) |
| Clinical characteristics (n) | ||
| Multiple births (463)** (p=0.008) | ||
| Singleton | 85.7 (372) | 14.3 (62) |
| Multiple | 65.5 (19) | 34.5 (10) |
| Parity (467) (p=0.913) | ||
| Primiparous | 84.0 (231) | 16.0 (44) |
| Multiparous | 84.4 (162) | 15.6 (30) |
| Experienced previous pregnancy loss (466) (p=0.068) | ||
| No | 82.2 (273) | 17.8 (59) |
| Yes (miscarriage, late miscarriage, termination, stillbirth or neonatal death) | 89.6 (120) | 10.4 (14) |
| Pregnancy the result of fertility treatment (461)* (p=0.018) | ||
| No | 85.4 (369) | 14.6 (63) |
| Yes | 69.0 (20) | 31.0 (9) |
| Gestation at stillbirth (454) (p=0.122) | ||
| 24–28 weeks | 81.6 (84) | 18.4 (19) |
| 29–32 weeks | 85.5 (53) | 14.5 (9) |
| 33–36 weeks | 78.7 (74) | 21.3 (20) |
| 37+ weeks | 88.7 (173) | 11.3 (22) |
| Time between antepartum death and the birth (454)* (p=0.011) | ||
| 1 or more weeks before birth | 81.8 (72) | 18.2 (16) |
| Few days before birth | 81.0 (132) | 19.0 (31) |
| The day before birth | 87.7 (57) | 12.3 (8) |
| Hours before or during birth | 94.8 (92) | 5.2 (5) |
| Unsure | 75.6 (31) | 24.4 (10) |
| Type of birth (447) (p=0.238) | ||
| Vaginal | 84.6 (325) | 15.4 (59) |
| Caesarean | 77.8 (49) | 22.2 (14) |
| Congenital anomaly (451) (p=0.680) | ||
| No | 84.4 (331) | 15.6 (61) |
| Yes | 81.4 (48) | 18.6 (11) |
| Care experience after stillbirth | ||
| Staff treated me as an individual (463) (p=0.353) | ||
| Agree | 84.9 (349) | 15.1 (62) |
| Disagree/not sure | 78.8 (41) | 21.2 (11) |
| Staff gave me the care I needed (460) (p=0.414) | ||
| Agree | 85.0 (345) | 15.0 (61) |
| Disagree/not sure | 79.6 (43) | 20.4 (11) |
| Overall satisfaction with the care received after baby had died (463) (p=0.428) | ||
| Very satisfied | 85.9 (152) | 14.1 (25) |
| Satisfied | 81.6 (115) | 18.4 (26) |
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 88.9 (64) | 11.1 (8) |
| Dissatisfied | 84.6 (33) | 15.4 (6) |
| Very dissatisfied | 76.5 (26) | 23.5 (8) |
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.