Table 2 Obstetrics characteristics among postpartum women who were admitted to Harar town public hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 423)
Variable | Response | Cases n(%) | Controls n(%) |
|---|---|---|---|
ANC | Yes | 69(65.1) | 241(76) |
No | 37(34.9) | 76(24) | |
Frequency of ANC visits | One | 7(10.1) | 3 (1.2) |
Two | 26 (37.7) | 35(14.5) | |
Three | 24 (34.8) | 60 (24.9) | |
Four and above | 12 (17.4) | 143 (59.3) | |
Parity | Primiparous | 39 (36.8) | 110 (34.7) |
Multiparous | 38 (35.8) | 166 (52.4) | |
Grand multiparas | 29 (27.4) | 41 (12.9) | |
APH | Yes | 7(6.6) | 24(7.6) |
No | 99(93.4) | 293(92.4) | |
PIH | Yes | 10(9.4) | 12(3.8) |
No | 96(90.6) | 305(96.2) | |
GDM | Yes | 1(0.9) | 4(1.3) |
No | 105(99.1) | 313(98.7) | |
Type of pregnancy | Single | 103 (97.2) | 305 (96.2) |
Multiple | 3 (2.8) | 12 (3.8) | |
Preterm labor | Yes | 8(7.5) | 8(2.5) |
No | 98(92.5) | 309(97.5) | |
Obstructed Labor | Yes | 7 (6.6) | 6 (1.9) |
No | 99 (93.4) | 311 (98.1) | |
Place of delivery | At Home | 15 (14.2) | 4 (1.3) |
At health institution | 91 (85.8) | 313 (98.7) | |
Onset of labor | Spontaneous | 91(85.8) | 290(91.5) |
Induced | 11(10.4) | 17(5.4) | |
Elective C/s | 4(3.8) | 10(3.2) | |
Duration of labor | < 12 h | 47 (44.3) | 216 (68.1) |
12–24 h | 35 (33) | 83 (26.2) | |
> 24 h | 24 (22.6) | 18 (5.7) | |
Duration of PROM | ≤ 24 h | 88 (83) | 294 (92.7) |
> 24 h | 18 (17) | 23 (7.3) | |
PV frequency | ≤ 4 | 75(70.8) | 297(93.7) |
> 4 | 31 (29.2) | 20(6.3) | |
Mode of delivery | SVD | 45 (42.5) | 212 (66.9) |
C/S | 45 (42.5) | 70 (22.1) | |
Instrument delivery | 16 (15.1) | 35 (11) | |
Mode of placenta delivery | spontaneous | 15 (14.2) | 4 (1.3) |
Control cord traction | 74 (69.8) | 301 (95) | |
Manual removal | 17 (16) | 12 (3.8) | |
Has episiotomy | Yes | 33 (31.1) | 71 (22.4) |
No | 73 (68.9) | 246 (77.6) | |
Has perinatal tear | Yes | 12 (11.3) | 20 (6.3) |
No | 94 (88.7) | 297(93.7) | |
PPH | Yes | 13 (12.3) | 16(5) |
No | 93 (87.7) | 301(95) | |
Anemia during in L&D | Yes | 34(32.1) | 41 (12.9) |
No | 72(67.9) | 276(87.1) | |
Fetal out come | Live birth | 91 (85.8) | 293(92.4) |
Still birth | 6 (5.7) | 9 (2.8) | |
IUFD | 9 (8.5) | 15 (4.7) |