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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample* and the total KUB population**

From: Critical views on postpartum care expressed by new mothers

Table 1

  

Study sample N = 150%

KUB population N= 2633%

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Sociodemographic Background

Maternal age, years

Mean

30.05

29.45

ns

  

Standard deviation (SD)

SD 4.541

SD 4.676

 
  

< 25

14

15

ns

  

25–35

75

75

 
  

> 35

11

10

 
 

Education

9-year compulsory school

4

6

ns

  

Upper secondary school

51

55

 
  

College/University

45

39

 
 

Parity

Primipara

48

43

ns

  

Multipara

52

57

 
 

Smoking

No

86

90

ns

  

Yes

14

10

 
 

Marital status

Married/cohabiting

95

95

ns

  

Single/other

5

5

 
 

Country of birth

Sweden

94

91

ns

  

Other than Sweden

6

9

 
 

Experience of support by partner

All support and almost all support

93

95

ns

  

Little or no support

7

5

 

Labour outcomes

Mode of delivery

Normal vaginal

79

81

ns

  

Instrumental vaginal

13

12

 
  

Elective CS

5

5

 
  

Emergency CS

3

2

 
 

Newborn transfer to NEO

No

86

89

ns

  

Yes

14

11

 

Care organisation

Hospital size (number of deliveries/year)

< 500

3

4

0.02

  

500–999

5

13

 
  

1000–1999

28

28

 
  

2000–2999

21

20

 
  

3000–3999

20

20

 
  

> 4000

23

15

 
 

Length of postpartum stay

< 1 day

12

10

ns

  

2 days

22

21

 
  

3 days

22

25

 
  

4 days

24

21

 
  

> 5 days

20

23

 
 

Model of postpartum care***

Standard pp care

53

51

ns

  

Combined ip/pp care

4

8

 
  

Family pp care

23

23

 
  

Risk pp care

3

3

 
  

Hotel pp care

10

10

 
  

Other

7

5

 
 

Talked through the birth experience

Yes

43

52

0.05

  

No

57

48

 

Care evaluation

General assessment of postnatal care

Very positive

14

36

 
  

Positive

37

40

 
  

Neither positive or negative

21

18

 
  

Negative

19

5

 
  

Very negative

9

1

 
  1. ns = non-significant difference.
  2. *Study sample = 150 women who gave a negative comment about postpartum care on the open-ended questions 140 + 10 (figure 1).
  3. **KUB population = the large study (KUB) population with the exclusion of the 150 women in the study sample.
  4. ***Models of postpartum care: Standard pp care = standard postpartum care in hospital. Comb ip/pp care = combined delivery and postpartum ward. Family pp care = family-oriented postpartum ward in the hospital where the father can stay overnight. Risk pp care = high-risk postpartum ward. Hotel pp care = postpartum care in a hotel located in close proximity to the delivery ward. Other = other options, for example birth-centre care or discharge directly from the delivery ward.