Single Room Maternity Care Versus Traditional Maternity Care: A Cross-Sectional Study Examining Differences in Mothers' Perceptions of Readiness for Discharge and Satisfaction and Health Outcomes.

The study compared two different hospitals rather than assigning mothers to care type, so differences in unit culture, staff, room design, patient groups and local practice may have affected the results. The single-room hospital had more mothers who spoke English as their first language, were born in Canada, had higher family income, and held the baby immediately after birth, and the groups also differed in clinical risks such as caesarean section, fetal heart rate abnormality, other medical disorders, excessive blood loss and prolonged stage-3 labour. More than 40% of satisfaction responses were missing, and the analysis used only mothers with complete satisfaction data, which may reduce representativeness. Recruitment was uneven between hospitals, with fewer mothers recruited at the traditional maternity care hospital. The study was done in two hospitals in Western Canada, so findings may not apply to other settings, and it did not examine provider outcomes or costs.

Do not conclude that single-room maternity care caused the better readiness, satisfaction, or shorter stays. The study compared two different hospitals with different patient groups and care cultures, and it did not assign mothers to care type.