What do systematic reviews say?

Continuous support vs usual care

Continuous support may leads to higher spontaneous vaginal birth compared with usual care (all trials) (low certainty).

• Continuous support for women during childbirth 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.08 [1.04, 1.12]
  21 studies · 14369 participants
  Low

Continuous support vs usual care

Continuous support may leads to lower negative rating of/negative feelings about birth experience compared with usual care (all trials) (low certainty).

• Continuous support for women during childbirth 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.69 [0.59, 0.79]
  11 studies · 11133 participants
  Low

Continuous support vs usual care

• Continuous support for women during childbirth 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 5716 participants
  Low

Continuous support vs usual care

Continuous support showed no clear difference in admission to special care nursery compared with usual care (all trials) (low certainty).

• Continuous support for women during childbirth 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.97 [0.76, 1.25]
  7 studies · 8897 participants
  Low

Continuous support vs usual care

Continuous support showed no clear difference in exclusive or any breastfeeding at any time point, as defined by… compared with usual care (all trials) (low certainty).

• Continuous support for women during childbirth 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.05 [0.96, 1.16]
  4 studies · 5584 participants
  Low

Continuous support vs usual care

• Continuous support for women during childbirth 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  13 studies · 5429 participants
  Low

Continuous support vs usual care

Continuous support may leads to lower caesarean birth compared with usual care (all trials) (low certainty).

• Continuous support for women during childbirth 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.75 [0.64, 0.88]
  24 studies · 15347 participants
  Low