Table 2.
Obstetric Characteristics and History of Respondents Who Gave Birth in Referral Hospitals of the Northwest Amhara, Ethiopia, 2020 (n=410)
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravidity | Prime gravida | 147 | 35.9 | |
| Multi gravida | 263 | 64.1 | ||
| Parity | Prime Para | 160 | 39.0 | |
| Multi Para | 240 | 58.6 | ||
| Grand multi Para | 10 | 2.4 | ||
| Place of delivery of last pregnancy (n=250) | Home | 55 | 22 | |
| Health facility | 195 | 78 | ||
| ANC follow-up | Yes | 379 | 92.4 | |
| No | 31 | 7.6 | ||
| Number of ANC follow-up (n=379) | <4 | 156 | 41.2 | |
| ≥4 | 223 | 58.8 | ||
| Pregnancy type(status) | Wanted | 349 | 85.1 | |
| Unwanted | 61 | 14.9 | ||
| Major health problem during the current pregnancy | Yes | 45 | 11 | |
| No | 365 | 89 | ||
| Mode of delivery | Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery | 295 | 72 | |
| Instrumental assisted delivery | 16 | 3.9 | ||
| Cesarean section | 99 | 24.1 | ||
| Complications during current delivery | Yes | 20 | 4.9 | |
| No | 390 | 95.1 | ||
| Main provider’s sex | Male | 280 | 68.3 | |
| Female | 130 | 31.7 | ||
| Length of labour(in hours) | <15 | 150 | 36.6 | |
| ≥15 | 260 | 63.4 | ||
| Length of stay in the hospital | <15 | 316 | 77.1 | |
| ≥15 | 94 | 22.9 | ||
| Delivery time | Day | 220 | 53.7 | |
| Night | 190 | 46.3 | ||
| Companion | Yes | 402 | 98 | |
| No | 8 | 2 | ||
| Companion allowed to stay beside the women in Delivery or Operation room | Yes | 16 | 3.9 | |
| No | 386 | 96.1 | ||
| Shouting or insulting by the provider | Yes | 140 | 34.1 | |
| No | 270 | 65.9 | ||
| Physical abuse by the provider(hitting, slapping, pushing) | Yes | 14 | 3.4 | |
| No | 396 | 96.6 | ||