Observational studyPloS one2018
Elective induction of labor: A prospective observational study.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Comparison of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes between induction and expectant management among women with gestational diabetes mellitus at term pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- Association between induction of labor and birth experience: A national population-based study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Comparison of pregnancy outcomes between induction of labor at 40 weeks and 41 weeks in low-risk women with Singleton pregnancies: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Sleep disturbances in late pregnancy: associations with induction of labor.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
- Oxytocin-induced birth causes sex-specific behavioral and brain connectivity changes in developing rat offspring.iScience · 2024Article
- Offspring school performance at age 12 after induction of labor vs non-intervention at term: A linked cohort study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2023Article
- Trends in labor induction indications: A 20-year population-based study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2022Article
- Analysis of Variables that Influence the Success Rates of Induction of Labor with Misoprostol: A Retrospective Observational Study.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Observational
- Recent advances in the induction of labor.F1000Research · 2019Review
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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to assess indications for induction and describe the characteristics and delivery outcome in medical compared to non-medical/elective inductions. During a three-month period, 1663 term inductions were registered in 24 delivery units in Norway. Inclusion criteria were singleton pregnancies with cephalic presentation at gestational age 37+0 and beyond. Indications, pre-induction Bishop scores, mode of delivery and adverse maternal and fetal outcomes were registered, and compared between the medically indicated and elective induction groups. Ten percent of the inductions were elective, and the four most common indications were maternal request (35%), a previous negative delivery experience or difficult obstetric history (19%), maternal fatigue/tiredness (17%) and anxiety (15%). Nearly half of these inductions were performed at 39+0-40+6 weeks. There were fewer nulliparous women in the elective compared to the medically indicated induction group, 16% vs. 52% (p<0.05). The cesarean section rate in the elective induction group was 14% and 17% in the medically indicated group (14% vs. 17%, OR = 0.8, 95% CI 0.5-1.3). We found that one in ten inductions in Norway is performed without a strict medical indication and 86% of these inductions resulted in vaginal delivery.
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