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Table 5 Clinical and health economic outcomes

From: Prostaglandin insert dinoprostone versus trans-cervical balloon catheter for outpatient labour induction: a randomised controlled trial of feasibility (PROBIT-F)

Participant outcome

Propess (n = 20)

CRB (n = 18)

 Intervention expelled

  

  No

15 (75%)

14 (78%)

  Yes

3 (15%)

1 (6%)

  Missing

2 (10%)

3 (16%)

 Return for admission

  

  Agreed time next morning

5 (25%)

4 (22%)

  Labour

10 (50%)

5 (28%)

  Participant never went home following intervention

3 (15%)

4 (22%)

  Missing

2 (10%)

5 (28%)

 Epidural use

  

  No

8 (40%)

9 (50%)

  Yes

12 (60%)

8 (44%)

  Missing

0

1 (6%)

 Live birth

20 (100%)

18 (100%)

 Mode of birth

  

  SVD

9 (45%)

11 (61%)

  Caesarean section in labour

6 (30%)

2 (11%)

  No labour caesarean section

2 (10%)

4 (22%)

  Instrumental delivery

3 (15%)

1 (6%)

 Median estimated blood loss in ml (IQR)

320.0 (200.0 to 675.0)

600.0 (225.0 to 1145.0)

 Mean birthweight in gm (SD)

3688.7 (310.00)

3684.2 (293.33)

  Boy

14 (70%)

6 (33%)

  Girl

6 (30%)

11 (61%)

  Not recorded

0

1 (6%)

 5 min Apgar score median (IQR)

10.0 (10.0 to 10.0)

10.0 (10.0 to 10.0)

 Head circumference in cm (mean, SD)

35.2 (1.54)

35.1 (1.36)

 Where did the baby go?

  

  To mother

20 (100%)

16 (89%)

  NICU admission

0

1 (6%)

  Missing

0

1 (6%)

Any adverse event experienced

  

  Mother alone

8 (40%)

6 (33%)

  Baby alone

1 (5%)

3 (17%)

  Both mother and baby

4 (20%)

2 (11%)

  None

7 (35%)

7 (39%)

Severe adverse event

  

  None

18 (90%)

17 (94%)

  Mother alone

1† (10%)

1 (6%)

  Baby alone

0

0

  Both mother and baby

0

0

Maternal death

0

0

Foetal/neonatal death

0

0

Health economic outcomes

Propess (n = 19)

CRB (n = 17)

 Cost of induction and readmission prior to delivery, mean (SD)

135.47 (206.56)

127.29 (198.33)

 Cost of delivery, mean (SD)

3254.16 (965.10)

2753.53 (712.31)

 Total cost, mean (SD)

3389.63 (1023.94)

2880.82 (717.04)

  1. †One mother experienced two severe adverse events (haemorrhage and infection)