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. 2015 Dec 23;15:348. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0778-7

Table 2.

Percentage of women with each complication at each time point, by near miss status

3 month interview 6 month interview 12 month interview 3 year interview 4 year interview
No complication Near-miss - other Near-miss - caesarean No complication Near-miss - other Near-miss - caesarean No complication Near-miss - other Near-miss - caesarean No complication Near-miss - other Near-miss - caesarean No complication Near-miss - other Near-miss - caesarean
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Proportion overweight (BMI >24 kg/m2)a . . . 22.6 16.5 19.5 21.9 21.3 23.9 32.1 22.5 35.4 41.9 33.7 43.4
Hypertension (>140/90 mmHg)a . . . 2.1 2.9 2.4 1.3 1.7 1.4 3.2 5.9 7.6 3.6 7.1 8.9
Severe anaemia (hemocue haemoglobin <7 g/dl)a . . . 0.5 1.6 2.5 0.4 0 2.7 1.6 3.0 1.5 . . .
Difficulties doing 1 or more routine task 10.6 16.3 16.7 9.8 15.9 12.5 7.5 10.9 4.8 18.5 19.0 20.0 15.8 23.4 18.3
Urinary incontinence . . . 13.8 14.7 14.5 1.6 3.1 1.3 . . . . . .
Prolapse . . . . . . 26.2 20.3 24.3 - - - . . .
MENTAL HEALTH
Depression – % at or above the K10 14 cut-off score 9.6 14.9 18.5 6.6 11.6 7.0 6.7 10.9 6.1 6.4 5.1 8.7 10.4 10.4 11.7
Have you recently thought about taking your life 5.5 10.9 8.6 3.4 6.5 6.8 5.6 11.6 12.0 4.0 5.1 7.1 . . .
Feeling average/not good/not good at all today 10.8 15.4 12.9 11.6 17.4 19.3 9.6 14.5 9.6 15.4 23.9 8.6 14.5 19.6 20.0
RELATIONS WITH HUSBAND/PARTNER
Relationship has gotten worse 12.2 17.5 12.4 12.3 21.8 12.5 12.1 11.4 17.1 15.2 14.4 14.3 13.2 12.6 12.5
Partner humiliated you in front others 5.7 7.6 6.7 10.0 13.7 12.5 8.3 10.6 9.2 12.6 8.7 14.5 10.9 9.5 8.3
Partner forced you to have sexual relations when you did not want to 2.7 2.1 0 3.5 1.6 0 2.5 4.1 2.6 2.5 0 1.8 1.2 3.2 6.3
Divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 12.5 15.7
ECONOMIC
Still have not paid off hospital costs from delivery 1.5 4.7 8.0 1.3 3.7 10.5 3.7 10.7 15.1 1.4 2.7 8.6 . . .
FERTILITY
Reported contraceptive useb 55.6 46 83.3 58.3 49.3 64 51.5 42.3 65.5 39.5 34.4 37.7 57.5 41.3 60.4
Resumed sexual intercourse 28.3 35.5 25.8 58.3 58.3 56.8 73.8 69.4 72.6 . . . . . .
Subsequent birth . . . . . . . . . 43.6 51.4 30.4 52.7 58.8 40.0
Subsequent live birth . . . . . . . . . 43.6 51.4 29.0 52.1 57.8 38.3

aWomen who report being currently pregnant at each time point are not included in calculations of anaemia, hypertension and being overweight

bDenominator is number of women who were sexually active at months 3,6 and 12 and all women at year 3 and year 4 and were not pregnant