Use of pharmacological and non-pharmacological labour pain management techniques and their relationship to maternal and infant birth outcomes: Examination of a nationally representative sample of 1835 pregnant women

摘要

Women use various labour pain management techniques during birth. The objective of this study is to investigate womenu27s use of pharmacological and non-pharmacological labour pain management techniques in relation to birth outcomes. Methods: a sub-survey of a nationally representative sample of pregnant women (. n=1835) from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Womenu27s Health. Results: our analysis identified womenu27s use of water for labour pain management as decreasing the likelihood of their baby being admitted to special care nursery (OR=0.42, p