Table 1.
Baseline maternal characteristics of admitted neonates in three Indonesian NICUs within three days of life
| Characteristics† | National Hospital (n = 802) |
Provincial Hospital (n = 879) |
District Hospital (n = 884) |
Total (n = 2,565) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal data | ||||
| Number of mothers | 799 | 849 | 855 | 2,503 |
|
Maternal age, year, mean (SD) (n = 2,414) |
29 (6.6) | 30 (6.7) | 29.7 (6.5) | 29.6 (6.6) |
| Multiple pregnancy, n (%) (n = 2,491) | ||||
| Singleton | 707 (89.2) | 797 (94.0) | 820 (96.5) | 2,324 (93.3) |
| Twins | 78 (9.8) | 51 (6.0) | 30 (3.5) | 159 (6.4) |
| Triplets | 8 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (0.3) |
| PROM, n (%) (n = 318 in 2,498) | ||||
| < 12 h | 44 (5.5) | 2 (0.2) | 14 (1.6) | 60 (2.4) |
| 12 – 23 h | 41 (5.2) | 6 (0.7) | 96 (11.2) | 143 (5.7) |
| > 24 h | 37 (4.7) | 3 (0.4) | 75 (8.8) | 115 (4.6) |
| PPROM (GA < 37 wk), n (%) (n = 165 in 2,498) | ||||
| < 12 h | 38 (4.8) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (1.6) |
| 12 – 23 h | 26 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (0.7) | 32 (1.3) |
| > 24 h | 73 (9.2) | 5 (0.6) | 16 (1.9) | 94 (3.8) |
| Mode of delivery of first infant, n (%) (n = 2,490) | ||||
| Normal labour | 257 (32.6) | 407 (47.9) | 446 (52.3) | 1,110 (44.6) |
| Vaginal breech | 5 (0.6) | 7 (0.8) | 12 (1.4) | 24 (1.0) |
| Emergency C section | 384 (48.7) | 259 (30.5) | 126 (14.8) | 769 (30.9) |
| Elective C section | 102 (12.9) | 140 (16.5) | 202 (23.7) | 444 (17.8) |
| Vacuum extraction | 29 (3.7) | 36 (4.2) | 67 (7.9) | 132 (5.3) |
| Forceps | 11 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (0.4) |
| Antibiotic < 48 h before delivery (n = 1,055 in 2,096) | ||||
| Most common reasons for antibiotics administration, n (%) | ||||
| Caesarean section | 343 | 359 | 319 | 1,021 |
| PROM > 12 h | 118 | 31 | 107 | 256 |
| Fever in labour | 17 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
†Percentage for each characteristic was calculated from study population (mothers or neonates as specified) after excluding cases with missing data or where the variable was coded as ‘unknown’.