Satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care
| Mean sum-scores* | Crude difference† | Adjusted difference† | |||
| Midwife-led care‡ | Regular care‡ | Mean (95% CI) | Adjusted mean (95% CI) | Adjusted P value | |
| Primary outcome | |||||
| Satisfaction with all care through the whole continuum (53)§ | 5.2 (0.86) | 4.8 (0.96) | 0.5 (0.25 to 0.73) | 0.6 (0.37 to 0.81) | <0.0001 |
| Descriptive outcomes | |||||
| Satisfaction with care from midwives/nurses during pregnancy (6)§ | 6.2 (0.92) | 5.7 (1.22) | 0.6 (0.25 to 0.84) | 0.6 (0.22 to 0.82) | <0.0001 |
| Satisfaction with pregnancy care from doctors (5)§ | 5.4 (1.50) | 5.2 (1.47) | 0.2 (-0.18 to 0.66) | 0.2 (-0.23 to 0.55) | 0.351 |
| Satisfaction with all care during pregnancy (15)§ | 5.7 (0.99) | 5.3 (1.19) | 0.4 (0.08 to 0.68) | 0.4 (0.06 to 0.64) | 0.021 |
| Satisfaction with midwives’ care during labour and birth (5)§ | 5.5 (1.75) | 5.1 (1.79) | 0.5 (-0.04 to 0.93) | 0.7 (0.21 to 1.13) | 0.008 |
| Satisfaction with doctor’s care during labour and birth (3)§ | 5.0 (1.69) | 4.7 (1.87) | 0.3 (-0.20 to 0.78) | 0.5 (0.06 to 0.95) | 0.038 |
| Satisfaction with all care during labour and birth (17)§ | 5.1 (1.29) | 4.7 (1.34) | 0.3 (-0.04 to 0.68) | 0.5 (0.18 to 0.83) | 0.006 |
| Satisfaction with care and advice related to baby after birth (5)§ | 4.8 (1.23) | 4.1 (1.44) | 0.7 (0.41 to 1.01) | 0.8 (0.44 to 1.21) | <0.0001 |
| Satisfaction with care related to yourself after birth (9)§ | 5.0 (1.07) | 4.3 (1.1) | 0.8 (0.37 to 1.11) | 0.8 (0.44 to 1.08) | <0.0001 |
| Satisfaction with all care after birth (21)§ | 5.0 (1.04) | 4.2 (1.14) | 0.8 (0.46 to 1.08) | 0.8 (0.50 to 1.19) | <0.0001 |
*Mean (SD) sum-score is calculated from the 1–7 likert scale where 1 means very low satisfaction and 7 means very high.
†Bias-correctedand accelerated estimates with 95% CIs, analysed by bootstrapping linear regression, adjusted for place of birth (private or governmental hospital).
‡100 women in each group, no missing except two women who gave birth under transportation in the group receiving midwife led care did not report satisfaction with care during labour and birth.
§, Numbers in bracets reflects the numbers of questions included in teh sum score.