Table-IV.
Preferred delivery mode according to obstetrics characteristics of women (n = 423).
| Obstetrics characteristics |
Preferred delivery mode
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Vaginal
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Cesarean
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Total
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x 2 /p | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Total | 261 | 61.7 | 162 | 38.3 | 423 | 100.0 | |
| Gravida | x²=0.016 p=0.898 | ||||||
| Primigravida | 74 | 62.2 | 45 | 37.8 | 119 | 100.0 | |
| Multigravida | 187 | 61.5 | 117 | 38.5 | 304 | 100.0 | |
| Previous mode of delivery(n=277) | |||||||
| Vaginal delivery | 38 | 50.0 | 38 | 50.0 | 76 | 100.0 | x²=6.688 p=0.083 |
| Cesarean delivery | 113 | 67.3 | 55 | 32.7 | 168 | 100.0 | |
| Vaginal and cesarean delivery | 21 | 63.6 | 12 | 36.4 | 33 | 100.0 | |
| Pregnancy | x²=0.000 * p=1.000 | ||||||
| Spontaneous | 252 | 61.6 | 157 | 38.4 | 409 | 100.0 | |
| IVF | 9 | 64.3 | 5 | 35.7 | 14 | 100.0 | |
| Pregnancy follow up (n=422) | x²=15.255 p=0.000 | ||||||
| State hospital | 169 | 69.5 | 74 | 30.5 | 243 | 100.0 | |
| Private/ University hospital | 91 | 50.8 | 88 | 49.2 | 179 | 100.0 | |
| Delivered at | x²=8.678 p=0.003 | ||||||
| State hospital | 135 | 69.2 | 60 | 30.8 | 195 | 100.0 | |
| Private/ University hospital | 126 | 55.3 | 102 | 44.7 | 228 | 100.0 | |
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Yates correction was made