Table 6. Differences in proportion and type of intrapartum complications reported in participant interviews of postpartum women from intervention and control areas in 4 districts of Bangladesh.
Intrapartum complications | Intervention | Control | p-Value* |
---|---|---|---|
Women who had complications during labor and delivery | (n = 594) | (n = 506) | |
Any complication | 41.4 (34.1–48.7) | 48.5 (39.6–57.4) | 0.18 |
Pre-eclampsia | 2.9 (0.6–5.1) | 2.4 (0.8–3.9) | 0.70 |
Eclampsia | 0.5 (0.0–1.3) | 1.4 (0.3–2.4) | 0.16 |
Heavy bleeding | 4.2 (1.0–7.5) | 6.7 (0.0–15.0) | 0.49 |
Retained placenta | 3.0 (1.5–4.5) | 7.5 (4.1–11.0) | <0.01 |
Prolonged labor | 23.2 (14.2–32.2) | 24.8 (18.6–31.0) | 0.77 |
Obstructed labor | 10.1 (4.9–15.3) | 11.7 (6.1–17.2) | 0.66 |
Fever/Infections | 1.5 (0.3–2.8) | 5.1 (2.2–8.1) | <0.01 |
Breech/non-cephalic presentation | 3.0 (1.4–4.7) | 4.6 (1.6–7.5) | 0.29 |
Fluid leak | 4.0 (2.2–5.8) | 6.5 (3.3–9.8) | 0.10 |
Other complication | 6.2 (2.6–9.8) | 6.3 (3.0–9.6) | 0.96 |
Treatments due to severity of condition (of women reporting complications) | (n = 246) | (n = 244) | |
Went to hospital | 69.9 (60.8–79.0) | 59.8 (45.8–73.9) | 0.18 |
Delivered in health facility | 62.2 (52.5–71.9) | 52.7 (38.7–66.6) | 0.22 |
Of those seeking care at a facility | (n = 172) | (n = 146) | |
Received transfusion | 8.1 (2.3–14.0) | 7.5 (3.2–11.9) | 0.86 |
Received medicine | 98.3 (95.5–100) | 93.2 (85.2–100) | 0.08 |
Data given as percent (95% CI).
*Accounts for clustering at upazila level.