Table II.
Short term outcomes and predictors of survival
| Short term outcome | Bivariate analysis χ2 (p value) |
Multivariate analysis | ||
| Died Freq (%) |
Survived/ Discharged Freq (%) |
AOR(95%CI) | ||
| *Sex | ||||
| Male | 25 (35.2) | 46 (64.8) | 0.679 | NA |
| Female | 33 (41.8) | 46 (58.2) | (0.410) | |
| *Gestational Age (Weeks) | ||||
| ≤ 36 | 41 (78.8) | 11 (21.2) | 54.18 | |
| 37–40 | 15 (17.2) | 72 (82.8) | (0.000) | 11.27 (4.02–31.56) |
| >40 | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | 8.79 (1.43–54.04) | |
| *Degree of Asphyxia | ||||
| Moderate | 21 (27.3) | 56 (72.7) | 8.67 | |
| Severe | 37 | 36 (49.3) | (0.003) | 3.26 (1.10–9.64) |
| (50.7) | ||||
| *Mode of Delivery | ||||
| Vaginal | 38 (42.2) | 52 (57.1) | ||
| Cesarean Section | 19 | 38 (66.7) | 1.99 | NA |
| (33.3) | ||||
| Assisted | 1 | 2 (66.7) | (0.55) | |
| (33.3) | ||||
| *Birth Weight (g) | ||||
| < 2500 | 34 (73.9) | 12 (26.1) | 34.99 | |
| 2500–4000 | 23 (23.1) | 74 (76.9) | (0.000) | 2.23 (1.76–6.52) |
| > 4000 | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 5.12 (2.42–61.83) | |
| *Place of Birth | ||||
| Inborn | 8 (14.5) | 47 (85.5) | 21.31 | |
| Outborn | 50 (52.6) | 45 (47.4) | (0.000) | 1.22 (1.06–1.78) |
| *Maternal Educational level | ||||
| No formal/Primary Education | 7 | 10 (58.8) | ||
| (41.2) | ||||
| Secondary Education | 40 (51.9) | 37 (48.1) | 14.32 | 0.19 (0.04–0.91) |
| Tertiary Education | 11 (19.6) | 45 (80.4) | (0.001) | 0.8 (0.01–0.58) |
| *Paternal Educational level | ||||
| No formal/Primary Education | 6 (24.0) | 19 (76.0) | 14.19 | |
| Secondary Education | 41 (53.2) | 36 (46.8) | (0.001) | 0.21 (0.05–0.91) |
| Tertiary Education | 11 (22.9) | 37 (77.1) | 1.17 (0.16–8.41) | |