Table 1 Obstetric history and practice of mothers in Central Zone Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | Category | Cases | Controls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 88 (%) | n = 176 (%) | n = 264 (%) | ||
Parity | Prim parous | 45 (51.1) | 79 (44.9) | 124 (47.0) |
Multiparous | 43 (48.9) | 97 (55.1) | 140 (53.0) | |
Obstetric complication | Yes | 27 (30.7) | 42 (23.9) | 69 (26.1) |
No | 61 (69.3) | 134 (76.1) | 195 (73.9) | |
Mode of delivery | Spontaneous | 65 (73.9) | 142 (80.7) | 207 (78.4) |
Instrumental | 9 (10.2) | 19 (10.8) | 28 (10.6) | |
C/s | 14 (15.9) | 15 (8.5) | 29 (11.0) | |
Place of delivery | Hospital | 24 (27.3) | 75 (42.6) | 99 (37.5) |
Health center | 42 (47.7) | 69 (39.2) | 111 (42.1) | |
Private clinic | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | |
Home | 21 (23.9) | 32 (18.2) | 53 (20.0) | |
Type of pregnancy | Single | 80 (90.9) | 169 (96.0) | 249 (94.3) |
Twin | 8 (9.1) | 7 (4.0) | 15 (5.7) | |
Time of delivery | Day | 27 (30.7) | 101 (57.4) | 128 (48.5) |
Night | 61 (69.3) | 75 (42.6) | 136 (51.5) | |
Starting breastfeeding | Immediately | 19 (21.6) | 90 (51.1) | 109 (41.3) |
Within 1 h | 16 (18.2) | 36 (20.5) | 52 (19.7) | |
After 1 h | 53 (60.2) | 50 (28.4) | 103 (39.0) |