The aesthetic nature of the birthing room environment may alter the need for obstetrical interventions: an observational retrospective cohort study
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The aesthetic nature of the birthing room environment may alter the need for obstetrical interventions : an observational retrospective cohort study. / Wrønding, Tine; Argyraki, Aikaterini; Petersen, Jesper Friis; Topsøe, Märta Fink; Petersen, Paul Michael; Løkkegaard, Ellen C L.
In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, 303, 2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The aesthetic nature of the birthing room environment may alter the need for obstetrical interventions
T2 - an observational retrospective cohort study
AU - Wrønding, Tine
AU - Argyraki, Aikaterini
AU - Petersen, Jesper Friis
AU - Topsøe, Märta Fink
AU - Petersen, Paul Michael
AU - Løkkegaard, Ellen C L
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The concept of sensory delivery rooms was introduced in 2013. These rooms offer programmable calming lights, restful blurred pictures displayed on a wall-sized big screen, and sound effects. The primary aim of this observational study was to analyse the risk of obstetrical interventions among women giving birth for the first-time in a sensory delivery room vs. a standard delivery room. We included nulliparous, term pregnant women having a single baby with a cephalic presentation who were in spontaneous labour and gave birth between March 1st 2014 and July 1st 2015 in North Zealand Hospital, Hillerød. A total of 789 women were included in the study, 313 gave birth in a sensory room and 476 in a standard delivery room. The risk of a caesarean delivery was significantly decreased when giving birth in a sensory room compared with a standard delivery room (OR, multiple adjusted: 0.44; 95% CI 0.22-0.87); furthermore, the use of oxytocin infusion was also reduced (OR, multiple adjusted: 0.71; 95% CI 0.50-1.03). This observational cohort study suggests that giving birth in a sensory delivery room could lower the risk of caesarean delivery, potentially reducing the number of such deliveries by one for every 23 patients.
AB - The concept of sensory delivery rooms was introduced in 2013. These rooms offer programmable calming lights, restful blurred pictures displayed on a wall-sized big screen, and sound effects. The primary aim of this observational study was to analyse the risk of obstetrical interventions among women giving birth for the first-time in a sensory delivery room vs. a standard delivery room. We included nulliparous, term pregnant women having a single baby with a cephalic presentation who were in spontaneous labour and gave birth between March 1st 2014 and July 1st 2015 in North Zealand Hospital, Hillerød. A total of 789 women were included in the study, 313 gave birth in a sensory room and 476 in a standard delivery room. The risk of a caesarean delivery was significantly decreased when giving birth in a sensory room compared with a standard delivery room (OR, multiple adjusted: 0.44; 95% CI 0.22-0.87); furthermore, the use of oxytocin infusion was also reduced (OR, multiple adjusted: 0.71; 95% CI 0.50-1.03). This observational cohort study suggests that giving birth in a sensory delivery room could lower the risk of caesarean delivery, potentially reducing the number of such deliveries by one for every 23 patients.
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-018-36416-x
DO - 10.1038/s41598-018-36416-x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30670709
VL - 9
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
SN - 2045-2322
M1 - 303
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