Harnessing technology to enable all women mobility in labour and birth: feasibility of implementing beltless non-invasive fetal ECG applying the NASSS framework

Table 2 Reliability of the NIFECG (PABS)

	N	%
All women (n = 110)
Unsuccessful^a	30	27
Successful use throughout 1st stage of labour	21	19
Successful use throughout part of the 1st stage of labour	33	30
Successful use throughout the entire labour and birth	26	24
Total	110	100
Nulliparous women (n = 80)
Unsuccessful^a	26	32
Successful use throughout 1st stage of labour	14	18
Successful use throughout part of the 1st stage of labour	30	37
Successful use throughout the entire labour and birth	10	13
Total	80	100
Multiparous women (n = 30)
Unsuccessful^a	4	13
Successful use throughout 1st stage of labour	7	23
Successful use throughout part of the 1st stage of labour	3	10
Successful use throughout the entire labour and birth (1st & 2nd stage labour)	16	54
Total	30	100

^aUnsuccessful use is defined as attempting to achieve a connection for between 30 and 90 min without success, despite troubleshooting

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