Caregiver support v usual care for women in labour*
| Weighted event rates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Number of trials | Caregiver support | Usual care | RRR (95% CI) | NNT (CI) |
| *Abbreviations defined in glossary; RRR, NNT, and CI calculated from data in article using a fixed effects model. | |||||
| Any intrapartum analgesia | 12 | 45% | 51% | 13% (8 to 17) | 15 (11 to 25) |
| Operative vaginal delivery | 13 | 14% | 17% | 19% (8 to 28) | 31 (19 to 77) |
| Caesarean delivery | 14 | 11% | 13% | 20% (7 to 32) | 38 (23 to 112) |
| Apgar score <7 at 5 minutes | 7 | 1.1% | 2.3% | 50% (11 to 71) | 84 (48 to 500) |
