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. 2019 Mar 19;11:177–190. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S160022

Table 6.

Characteristics of women who experienced a maternal near-miss (crude and adjusted estimates) in JTH, May–August, 2016

Near-miss Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value
No Yes
Residence 0.157
 Urban 748 (90.3%) 80 (9.7%) 1
 Rural 158 (86.8%) 24 (13.2%) 1.42 (0.90–2.31) 0.33 (0.12–0.92)
Income 0.006*
 Have source of income 144 (96.0%) 6 (4.0%) 1 1
 No income/no job 762 (88.6%) 98 (11.4%) 3.09 (1.33–7.17) 3.01 (1.16–7.84)
Age at marriage, years
 10–18 385 (89.5%) 45 (10.5%) 1 1
 19–30+ 333 (90.9%) 35 (9.1%) 0.85 (0.673–1.08)
Estimated distance from home to the JTH 0.516
 <10 km 554 (89.2%) 67 (10.8%) 0.13 (0.78–1.66)
 >10 km 352 (90.5%) 37 (9.5%) 1
Education 0.053
 No formal education 214 (87.7%) 30 (12.3%) 0.985 (0.59–1.64)
 Primary education 418 (92.3%) 35 (7.7%) 0.59 (0.36–.95)
 Senior and some college 274 (87.5%) 39 (12.5%) 1
Current pregnancy status 0.228
 Wanted and planned 571 63 1
 Wanted but unplanned 285 31 1.01 (0.64–1.62)
 Unwanted and unplanned 50 10 1.68 (0.79–3.57)
Bad obstetric history* (eg, PPH, abortion, dystocia, eclampsia) 0.01*
 Yes 444 (91.7%) 40 (8.3%) 1.89 (1.16–3.07) 1.81 (1.26–2.89)
 No 200 (85.5%) 34 (14.5%) 1
Parity 0.038*
 Primipara 266 (89.9%) 30 (10.1%) 1
 Multipara 640 (89.6%) 74 (10.4%) 0.24 (0.023–2.45)
Medical complications during current pregnancy 0.263
 No 418 (88.6%) 54 (11.4%) 1
 Yes 488 (90.7%) 50 (9.3%) 0.79 (0.53–1.19)
Current obstetric complications <0.0001**
 No 571 (99.8%) 1 (0.2%) 1
 Yes 335 (76.5%) 103 (23.5%) 75.5 (24.38–126) 69.5 (22.2–111)

Notes:

*

Associated;

**

strongly associated.

Abbreviations: JTH, Juba Teaching Hospital; PPH, postpartum hemorrhage.