“Maternal and newborn outcomes among low risk primigravida admitted in latent phase of labour at Kle’s dr. Prabhakar kore hospital and medical research centre”

Abstract

Background and objectives: Interventions given to women admitted in the latent or active phase of labour may influence the outcomes of labour and ameliorate complications that can affect the mother and fetus. Labour management, maternal and fetal outcomes among low-risk women presenting in the latent phase of labour have not been explored recently. Methodology: This was a prospective observational study done from January 2021 to December 2022. Case records were collected serially until the sample size was reached. The study included 215 patients with low-risk primigravida aged between 18 to 35 years with gestation age between 37 to 42 weeks with a singleton pregnancy with cephalic presentation admitted to KLE’s Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Belagavi. A structured checklist was used to collect data. Data was analysed using SPSS version 20. The Chi-square test was applied for qualitative variables, and Person’s correlation test was applied to correlate the quantitative variables, and 5% was considered as the level of significance.