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Table 2 Obstetric characteristics of participants in Gondar University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 409)

From: Obstetric violence and its associated factors among postnatal women in a Specialized Comprehensive Hospital, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia

Variable

Number

%

ANC

 Yes

397

97.1

 No

12

2.9

Place of ANC (n = 397)

 Health center

199

48.7

 Hospital

181

44.3

 Private health facility

17

4.2

ANC received from (n = 397)

 Doctors

76

18.6

 Midwives

272

66.5

 Inter doctors

48

11.7

 Other

1

0.2

Number of ANC visit (n = 397)

 ≥ 4

260

65.5

 < 4

137

34.5

Gravidity

 1

115

28.1

 2–3

211

51.6

 ≥ 4

83

20.3

Parity

 Prim parous

128

31.3

 Multi parous

253

61.9

 Grand multiparous

28

6.8

History of previous institutional delivery

 Yes

219

53.5

 No

190

46.5

Number of birth attendants

 1–2

275

67.2

 3–4

116

28.4

 5–8

18

4.4

Main birth attendant

 Midwife

193

47.2

 Doctor

157

38.4

 Intern doctor

59

14.4

Sex of main birth attendant

 Female

158

38.6

 Male

251

61.4

Rout/type of current delivery

 Spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD)

242

59.2

 Assisted vaginal delivery (AVD)

35

8.6

 Delivery by episiotomy

77

18.8

 Caesarean delivery (CD)

55

13.4

Preferred birth position

 Kneeling

212

51.8

 Squatting

43

10.5

 Lithotomic

154

37.7

Labor was augmented/induced

 Yes

155

37.9

 No

254

62.1

Transfused with blood

 Yes

19

4.6

 No

390

95.4

Time of delivery

 Day

270

66

 Night

139

34

Number of days stayed at the hospital after delivery

 ≤ 3

328

80.2

 > 3

81

19.8