Researchers in the Netherlands developed and temporally validated two prediction models for obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) in nulliparous women: one for spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) and one for operative vaginal delivery (OVD).
Both models showed moderate discrimination but excellent calibration, meaning they were better at estimating absolute risk than at sharply separating who will and will not sustain injury.
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