Table 2 Distribution of intrapartum and fetal factors of cases and controls attending public hospitals of Central zone, Tigray Region, North Ethiopia 2018
Variables | Category | Cases | Controls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 88 (%) | n = 176 (%) | |||
Prolonged labor | Yes | 23 (26.1) | 36 (20.5) | 59 (23.3) |
No | 65 (73.9) | 140 (79.5) | 205 (77.7) | |
Prolapsed cord | Yes | 7 (8.0) | 8 (4.5) | 15 (5.7) |
No | 81 (92.0) | 168 (95.5) | 249 (94.3) | |
Place of delivery | Hospital | 74 (84.1) | 163 (92.6) | 237 (89.9) |
Other than study hospitals | 14 (15.9) | 13 (7.4) | 27 (10.2) | |
Mode of delivery | Spontaneous | 63 (71.6) | 135 (76.7) | 198 (75.0) |
Instrumental | 9 (10.2) | 14 (8.0) | 23 (8.7) | |
Cesarean section | 16 (18.2) | 27 (15.3) | 43 (16.3) | |
Presentation | Vertex | 78 (88.6) | 158 (89.8) | 236 (89.4) |
Breech and others | 10 (11.4) | 18 (10.2) | 28 (10.6) | |
History sedation | Yes | 17 (19.3) | 35 (19.9) | 52 (19.7) |
No | 71 (80.7) | 141 (80.1) | 212 (80.3) | |
Muonium stained | Yes | 21 (23.9) | 9 (5.1) | 30 (11.4) |
No | 67 (76.1) | 167 (94.9) | 234 (88.6) | |
CPD | Yes | 4 (4.5) | 5 (2.8) | 9 (3.4) |
No | 84 (95.5) | 171 (97.2) | 255 (96.6) | |
PROM | Yes | 17 (19.3) | 43 (24.4) | 60 (22.7) |
No | 71 (80.7) | 133 (75.6) | 204 (77.3) | |
Acidosis | Yes | 1 (1.1) | 2 (1.1) | 3 (1.1) |
No | 87 (98.9) | 174 (98.9) | 261 (98.9) | |
Professionals | Doctors | 31 (35.2) | 55 (31.3) | 86 (32.6) |
Midwifes | 55 (62.5) | 121 (68.8) | 176 (66.7) | |
Nurses | 2 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | |
Placental abruption | Yes | 2 (2.3) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.1) |
No | 86 (97.7) | 175 (99.4) | 261 (98.9) | |
Weight of newborn (kg) | < 2.5 | 43 (48.9) | 19 (10.5) | 62 (23.5) |
≥ 2.5 | 45 (51.1) | 157 (89.2) | 202 (76.5) | |
GA (weeks) | < 37 | 49 (55.7) | 40 (22.7) | 89 (33.7) |
≥ 37 | 39 (44.3) | 136 (77.3) | 175 (66.3) |