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Table 1 Implementation of best quality standards of care in labour, delivery, birth, and breastfeeding support for women without COVID-19 vs with mild COVID-19. BFHI maternity hospitals in Spain, May 2020

From: Good practices in perinatal care and breastfeeding protection during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a national situation analysis among BFHI maternity hospitals in Spain

 

Without COVID-19

With mild COVID-19

 
 

N = 50

n (%)

N = 50

n (%)

p

Companion of choice during labour

50 (100)

42 (84)

0.003

Companion of choice during delivery

12 (24)

9 (18)

0.06

Immediate skin-to-skin after birth

26 (52)

16 (32)

0.04

Breastfeeding in the first hour of life

25 (50)

18 (36)

0.15

Rooming-in

49 (98)

37 (74)

<  0.001

Companion of choice during hospital stay

45 (90)

34 (68)

0.006

Breastfeeding support

47 (94)

39 (78)

0.02

Follow-up if discharged early

45 (90)

39 (78)

0.10

Special breastfeeding support measures

18 (36)

20 (40)

0.68

  1. N total responses, n hospitals that implemented the practice for all deliveries, excluding emergency caesarean section