Midwifery
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Comparative Study
An intrapartum intervention scoring system for the comparison of maternity units' intrapartum care of nulliparous women suitable for midwifery-led care.
To develop an intrapartum intervention scoring tool which could be used to define maternity units as either 'lower intrapartum intervention' or 'higher intrapartum intervention' units. This scoring tool was designed to form the basis of a comparison of the perception of risk by midwives working in either 'lower intrapartum intervention' or 'higher intrapartum intervention' units. ⋯ Routinely collected computerised data can be used to identify the outcomes of intrapartum care. This study suggests that the analysis of computerised data could provide a suitable basis for the audit and the comparison of intrapartum interventions for the care of women suitable for midwifery-led care.
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To review the reporting of randomised controlled trials for intrapartum interventions. ⋯ The importance of accurate documentation of numbers at all stages in the research process is highlighted, in particular the number of eligible people not recruited, to allow the reader to assess the generalisability of the study.