Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the post- implementation group by weekday or weekend admission. This study sample includes all patients admitted for labor induction at the Hospital of the [insert institution] from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria for use of the cesarean risk calculator
Weekday N = 651 n (%) | Weekend/holiday N = 171 n (%) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal agea | 29 (24, 33) | 29 (24, 33) | 0.30 | |
Race | Black | 418 (64.2) | 113 (66.1) | 0.88 |
White | 162 (24.9) | 39 (22.8) | ||
Asian | 39 (6.0) | 9 (5.3) | ||
Other | 32 (4.9) | 10 (5.8) | ||
Ethnicity | Hispanic | 28 (4.3) | 11 (6.4) | 0.24 |
Insurance | Private | 290 (44.5) | 72 (42.1) | 0.57 |
Medicaid/Medicare | 352 (54.1) | 95 (55.6) | ||
Uninsured | 9 (1.4) | 4 (2.3) | ||
Maternal BMI at last prenatal visit (mg/kg2) a | 32.4 (28.0, 37.7) | 32.6 (27.3, 40.0) | 0.63 | |
Nulliparity | 403 (61.9) | 112 (65.5) | 0.39 | |
Gestational age ≥ 40 weeks gestation | 199 (30.6) | 57 (33.3) | 0.49 | |
Indication for induction | 0.10 | |||
Postdates | 40 (6.1) | 20 (11.7) | ||
Maternal indications b | 255 (39.2) | 61 (35.7) | ||
Fetal indications c | 210 (32.3) | 54 (31.6) | ||
Elective/other d | 146 (22.4) | 36 (21.1) | ||
Modified Bishop score a | 2 (1, 3) | 3 (2, 4) | 0.02 | |
Calculated cesarean risk | < 20% | 214 (32.9) | 52 (30.4) | 0.64 |
20.39.9% | 244 (37.5) | 73 (42.7) | ||
40–59.9% | 148 (22.7) | 34 (19.9) | ||
≥ 60% | 45 (6.9) | 12 (7.0) | ||