Table 3.
Current pregnancy and labor progress-related characteristics of mothers who gave birth at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023
| Variables | case (n = 142) Frequency (%) |
control (n = 278) Frequency (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parity | ||||||||
| Primi- para | 18(12.7) | 50 (17.9) | ||||||
| Mullti –para | 82(57.7) | 205( 73.7) | ||||||
| Grand mullti- para | 42(28.6) | 23(8.4) | ||||||
| Gestational age in weeks | ||||||||
| < 37weeks | 5(3.5) | 7 (2.9) | ||||||
| ≥ 37 weeks | 137(96.5) | 271 (97.1) | ||||||
| Multiple pregnancy | ||||||||
| Yes | 5(3.5) | 4(1.4) | ||||||
| No | 137(96.5) | 274(98.6) | ||||||
| Number of pregnancy | ||||||||
| One | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Two | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Four | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Had the patient ANC follow up | ||||||||
| Yes | 5 (3.5) | 272 (97.8) | ||||||
| No | 137 (96.5) | 6 (2.2) | ||||||
| Number of ANC follow up(359) | ||||||||
| 0 times | 5 | 65 | ||||||
| 1 times | 18 | 80 | ||||||
| 2 times | 17 | 23 | ||||||
| 3 times | 16 | 53 | ||||||
| 4 times | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| Was she induced /augmented for labor | ||||||||
| Yes | 25 (17.6) | 57 (20.5) | ||||||
| No | 117 (82.4) | 221 (79.5) | ||||||
| Was CPD diagnosed | ||||||||
| Yes | 95 (66.9) | 7 (2.5) | ||||||
| No | 47 (33.1) | 271 (97.5) | ||||||
| Was Obstructed labor diagnosed | ||||||||
| Yes | 79(55.6) | 5(1.8) | ||||||
| No | 63(44.4) | 273(98.2) | ||||||
| Did she have evidence of mal-presentation/abnormal lie | ||||||||
| Yes | 67 (47.2) | 5 (1.8) | ||||||
| No | 75 (52.8) | 273 (98.2) | ||||||
| Did she undergo assisted vaginal delivery | ||||||||
| Yes | 25 (17.6) | 50 (18) | ||||||
| No | 117 (82.4) | 228 (82) | ||||||
| Was there appropriate use of partograph | ||||||||
| Yes | 29 (20.4) | 262 (94.2) | ||||||
| No | 113 (79.6) | 16 (5.8) | ||||||
| Fetal weight in kg | ||||||||
| < 4 kg | 120 (84.5) | 269 (96.8) | ||||||
| ≥ 4 kg | 22 (15.5) | 9 (3.2) | ||||||
| Duration of labor | ||||||||
| < 24 h | 123 (86.6) | 272 (97.8 | ||||||
| ≥ 24 h | 19 (15.4) | 6 (2.2) | ||||||