Table 3.
Association Between Puerperal Fever, Socio-demographic Factors, Perinatal Risk Factors and Kit Use.
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| VARIABLE | INFECTION | STATISTICS | |
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| ABSENT | PRESENT | ||
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| Maternal Age | |||
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| <20 | 69(95.8) | 3(4.2) | X2 = 5.146 |
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| 21–40 | 379(99.5) | 2(0.5) | P = 0.076 |
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| >40 | 3(100) | 0(0) | |
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| Marital status | |||
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| Married | 433(98.9) | 5(1.1) | X2 = 0.000 |
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| Single | 18(100) | 0(0) | P = 1.000 |
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| Socioeconomic class | |||
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| Low | 432(98.9) | 5(1.1) | X2 = 0.000 |
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| Middle | 19(100) | 0(0) | P = 1.000 |
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| Parity | |||
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| Primiparous | 138(97.2) | 4(2.8) | X2 = 5.324 |
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| Multiparous | 282(99.6) | 1(0.4) | P = 0.070 |
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| Grand-multiparous | 30(100) | 0(0) | |
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| PROM | |||
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| No | 433(99.5) | 2(0.5) | X2 = 23.713 |
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| Yes | 18(85.7) | 3(14.3) | P < 0.001 |
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| Prolonged labor | |||
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| No | 445(99.3) | 3(0.7) | X2 = 23.400 |
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| Yes | 6(75) | 2(25) | P = 0.0026 |
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| Preterm Birth | |||
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| No | 249(99.2) | 2(0.8) | X2 = 0.052 |
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| Yes | 202(98.5) | 3(1.5) | P = 0.820 |
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| Kit Use | |||
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| Yes | 250(98) | 0(0) | X2 = 2.382 |
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| No | 201(100) | 5(2) | P = 0.123 |
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