Why women do not accept randomisation for place of birth: feasibility of a RCT in the Netherlands

Hendrix, Marijke; Horck, Marieke van; Moreta, Daphne; Nieman, Fred; Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne; Severens, Johan L.; Nijhuis, J.G.

doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02103.x

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“…The research comes entirely from medical studies using observational data as it proved impossible to randomize birth location (Dowswell et al 1996;Hendrix et al 2009). These studies generally compare average outcomes between samples of (low-risk) women planning to give birth at different types of location after controlling for observable characteristics.…”

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Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes

Daysal

Trandafir

Ewijk

2015

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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Many developed countries have recently experienced sharp increases in home birth rates. This paper investigates the impact of home births on the health of low-risk newborns using data from the Netherlands, the only developed country where home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in location of birth, we exploit the exogenous variation in distance from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions in newborn mortality. We provide suggestive evidence that proximity to medical technologies may be an important channel contributing to these health gains. (JEL I11, I12, J13, J16)

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Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes

Daysal

Trandafir

Ewijk

2015

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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“…2,3 A clinically useful way to express this association is that a single treatment with cold-knife conisation or laser conisation resulted in about one perinatal death in every 70 pregnancies, 3 and large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) was associated with a lesser risk, of two perinatal deaths in 1000 pregnancies. 3 The more cervical tissue excised the greater the risk of preterm birth; cold-knife cone biopsy was associated with a higher risk than LLETZ, 2,3 and two treatments were associated with a higher risk than one. 1 The association between excisional cervical surgery and preterm delivery has been consistently reported in over 30 cohort studies.…”

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“…1 The association between excisional cervical surgery and preterm delivery has been consistently reported in over 30 cohort studies. [2][3][4] It is biologically plausible that excising some of the cervix would weaken the physical and immunological barrier to infection ascending from the vagina into the fetal-placental unit, which is commonly seen and in preterm labour.…”

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Was the Dutch home birth trial properly registered and performed?

Olsen

2010

BJOG

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conisation and preterm delivery. We found a stronger association between a deep cone and preterm delivery, and also two cones and preterm delivery. We have not been able to think of any confounding factor that would cause this relationship. We can conceive of only two explanations for these findings: (1) the more you remove of the cervical canal (a deep cone or two cones) the higher the risk of preterm delivery; or (2) the severity or persistence of the CIN in itself increases the risk of preterm delivery.Despite our inability to demonstrate causality between cone biopsy and preterm delivery, it is a fact that we, as well as many others, have demonstrated an increased risk of preterm delivery in women with severe dysplasia treated by conisation. We consider that these women should be counselled according to this knowledge in subsequent pregnancies. We did not intend to undermine in any way the secondary prevention of cervical cancer, but we were hoping to encourage the primary prevention of CIN by the introduction of national vaccination programmes, so that in future, conisations with all their attendant risks will no longer be necessary. j References 1 Onwude J. Obstertic outcomes and management after cervical conisation for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. BJOG 2010;117:1159-61. 2 Ørtoft G, Henriksen TB, Hansen ES, Petersen KL. After conisation of the cervix, the perinatal mortality due to preterm delivery increases in subsequent pregnancy.

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“…The feasibility of undertaking a randomised controlled trial (to aim to provide evidence at that level) comparing place of birth was considered in the Netherlands where there is a high rate of home births (Hendrix et al, 2009). Researchers found that many women declined enrolment because they were unwilling to be assigned to a particular birth setting.…”

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Nga Haerenga - The Journeys

Martis¹

2014

nzcomjnl

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The Journal focuses on midwifery issues and women's health, it has a readership of midwives and others involved in pregnancy and childbearing, both in New Zealand and overseas.The Journal is printed once each year (December) and uses electronic article based publishing so that papers are published and disseminated as soon as possible. The advantages of article based publishing are:• Articles are processed more quickly • Articles can be disseminated electronically making them readily available• Improved ability to cite immediately without the need to wait until an issue is complete and then printed.• Improved global availability as each paper is provided with a DOI and put onto the NZCOM Journal website 3 months after first circulation Within electronic article based publishing the editors build each issue as an "issue in progress" from papers that have been submitted and accepted for publication. Once an issue is complete it is printed.The Journal welcomes original research, literature reviews; exemplars/practice stories/case studies, audits, student, and research methodology articles. In general, articles should be between 500-4000 words. It is important that articles submitted for review, have not been published previously in any form.The expectation regarding publication of any of these items is that they protect confidentiality where necessary, and that evidence of an ethical process of consent has been undertaken; similarly, confirmation that copyright permission has been obtained for any quoted materials (see section on copyright). All articles are subject to double blind peer review and the editors reserve the right to make a final decision regarding publication of each article. ARTICLE FORMATArticles should be submitted electronically with double line spacing and a left hand margin of 3 cm and a size 12 font size. The article should be submitted as an electronic file copy in a WORD document or RTF file.Authors should use the following section headings: Abstract, Key words, followed by the introduction and further subheadings-dependent on the type of article -to structure the article and state the word count. Diagrams, tables, and photographs, should be labelled and supplied as computer generated items. Where these are sent separate from the text, the author/s should indicate where they should be positioned in the article.In addition, authors are requested to provide the following details in a separate "Author information" document. This will not be sent to the reviewers.• Name and qualifications• Occupation (current area of practice/expertise)• Email address for correspondence during the review process, and day time phone number. • Declaration of interestsIndicate which contact details (corresponding author email address) can be published if the journal accepts the article. Where the article is co-authored, these details should be provided for all authors. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all named authors have agreed to submit the article for publication. SUBMISSIONArticles shou...

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Why women do not accept randomisation for place of birth: feasibility of a RCT in the Netherlands

Cited by 84 publications

References 18 publications

Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes

Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes

Was the Dutch home birth trial properly registered and performed?

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