Maternal Outcomes of Induced Versus ‎Spontaneous Labor among Admitted Women in Delivery Room at Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil City: A Comparative ‎Study

Abstract

Abstract Background and objectives: Induction of labor refers to the stimulation of contractions ‎before the labor starts spontaneously, with or without ruptured membranes. The aim of the present study was to compare the ‎maternal outcomes of induced versus spontaneous labor.‎ Methods: A comparative study was conducted in Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil ‎city from ‎February 2020 to February 2021. Using purposive (non-probability) ‎sampling techniques, ‎‎240 pregnant women (120 with induced labor and 120 with spontaneous ‎labor) were recruited into the study. Through direct interviews, a proper researcher-designed questionnaire ‎was ‎utilized to collect required data. ‎The collected data were ‎analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical approaches.‎ Results: There were significant to ‎highly significant differences between the two delivery methods in terms of maternal outcomes, ‎emergency cesarean section, postpartum blood loss, need for blood ‎transfusion, uterine ‎atony, perennial laceration, and postpartum hospital stay.‎ ‎Conclusions: There were the significance to highly significance difference of the ‎maternal ‎outcomes between induced and spontaneous labor.