Women’s experiences of being assisted by two midwives during the active second stage of labour: Secondary outcomes from the Oneplus trial

Impact of collegial midwifery assistance during second stage of labour on women’s experience: a follow-up from the Swedish Oneplus randomised controlled trial

“…Although we found no differences between women assigned to the intervention and those receiving standard care, a recent study within the Oneplus trial reported that collegial midwifery assistance was particularly appreciated by women with fear of birth, those with lower educational attainment, and those who did not have Swedish as their native language. 35 This reinforces the findings from the present study, altogether showing that collegial midwifery assistance is a well-accepted intervention that can be safely implemented into standard care to reduce SPT. However, as the trial was conducted in the Swedish setting, the result may not be generalisable to other countries or contexts.…”

“…However, a recently published study within the Oneplus trial showed that among women actually receiving the intervention, only 6,7% of the women were negative towards being assisted by an additional midwife during the second stage. 35 The subgroup analysis conducted to understand the differences between the groups showed that only one of the study sites contributed to the difference. This indicates that presumably, it is not the intervention per se that causes the difference, but rather that contextual factors might be at play.…”