Table 2.
Description of previous and current obstetrics and medical-related factors of study participants in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, June–August 2018 (n = 606).
| Variables | Category | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parity | Nulliparous | 244 | 40.3 |
| I–IV | 291 | 48 | |
| ≥V | 71 | 11.7 | |
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| Gestational age in weeks | <34 | 46 | 7.6 |
| 34–36+6 | 60 | 9.9 | |
| 37–38+6 | 182 | 30 | |
| 39–40+6 | 215 | 35.5 | |
| 41–41+6 | 46 | 7.6 | |
| ≥42 | 57 | 9.4 | |
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| ANC follow-up | Yes | 577 | 95.2 |
| No | 29 | 4.8 | |
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| Number of antepartum complications | None | 309 | 51 |
| One | 211 | 34.8 | |
| Two and above | 86 | 14.2 | |
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| Antepartum hemorrhage | Yes | 51 | 8.4 |
| No | 555 | 91.6 | |
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| Premature rupture of the membranes | Yes | 98 | 16.2 |
| No | 508 | 83.8 | |
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| Oligohydramnios | Yes | 57 | 9.4 |
| No | 549 | 90.6 | |
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| Intrauterine growth restriction | Yes | 49 | 8.1 |
| No | 557 | 91.9 | |
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| Pregnancy-induced hypertension | Yes | 136 | 22.4 |
| No | 470 | 77.6 | |
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| Duration of labor >15 hrs | Yes | 181 | 29.9 |
| No | 425 | 70.1 | |
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| Induction or augmentation | Yes | 113 | 18.6 |
| No | 493 | 81.4 | |
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| Nonreassuring fetal heart rate pattern | Yes | 74 | 12.2 |
| No | 532 | 87.8 | |
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| Previous cesarean scar | Yes | 99 | 16.3 |
| No | 507 | 83.7 | |
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| Interpregnancy interval <2 years | Yes | 60 | 9.9 |
| No | 546 | 90.1 | |
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| Interpregnancy interval >5 years | Yes | 73 | 12 |
| No | 533 | 88 | |
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| Previous history of perinatal death | Yes | 62 | 10.2 |
| No | 544 | 89.8 | |
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| Chronic hypertension | Yes | 13 | 2.1 |
| No | 593 | 97.9 | |
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| Maternal anemia | Yes | 71 | 11.7 |
| No | 535 | 88.3 | |