Home-like birth setting v conventional labour ward†
| Weighted event rates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Number of trials | Home-like setting | Conventional setting | RRR (95% CI) | NNT (CI) |
| Any intrapartum analgesia | 4 | 69% | 75% | 8% (5 to 10) | 18 (13 to 27) |
| Immobility during labour | 1 | 31% | 39% | 19% (10 to 27) | 14 (10 to 28) |
| FHR abnormality | 2 | 19% | 25% | 23% (15 to 30) | 18 (13 to 29) |
| Operative delivery | 5 | 15.2% | 17.4% | 12% (3 to 20) | 46 (27 to 200) |
| Dissatisfaction with care | 2 | 27% | 70% | 62% (50 to 71) | 3 (2 to 3) |
| Stopped breast feeding within 6 to 8 weeks | 2 | 1.26% | 1.26% | 1% (–60 to 149) | Not significant |
| RRI (CI) | NNH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| †FHR = fetal heart rate. Other abbreviations defined in glossary; RRR, RRI, NNT, NNH, and CI calculated from data in article using fixed effects. | |||||
| Perinatal mortality | 4 | 0.68% | 0.38% | 82% (–3 to 243) | Not significant |