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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Restrictive episiotomy use was associated with : a higher incidence of perineal pain in the immediate postpartum period (98. 9 % restrictive versus 87. 8 % routine, RR 1. 10, 95 % CI 1. 01-1. 21) ; greater psychological morbidity in the immediate postpartum period (mean scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Score (EPDS) 6. 7 restrictive versus 5. 1 routine ; P = 0. 01) ; and more stress urinary incontinence at 6 weeks postpartum (42. 2 % restrictive versus 27. 2 % routine, RR 1. 55, 95 % CI 1. 00-2. 40) ; however, this had resolved by 1 year.