Table 3.
Factors associated with neonatal birth injury among women who gave birth in governmental hospitals of Southwest Ethiopian people regional state, Ethiopia, 2022.
| Variables | Category | Birth injury | Logistic regression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||
| Maternal age in years | 15–24 | 110 (25.7%) | 318 (74.3%) | 7.50 (4.72, 11.91) | 1.97 (.99, 3.90) |
| 25–34 | 86 (25.1%) | 257 (74.9%) | 7.25 (4.50, 11.68) | 6.68 (2.85, 15.65)a | |
| >34 | 24 (4.4%) | 520 (95.6%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Educational status | No formal education | 130 (24.0%) | 412 (76.0%) | 2.40 (1.78, 3.22) | 2.52 (1.46, 4.37)a |
| Formal education | 90 (11.6%) | 683 (88.4%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Occupational status | Employed | 96 (11.9%) | 708 (88.1%) | 1 | 1 |
| Unemployed | 124 (24.3%) | 387 (75.7%) | 2.36 (1.76, 3.17) | 4.26 (2.09, 8.65)a | |
| Antenatal care | Yes | 115 (36.4%) | 201 (63.6%) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 105 (10.5%) | 894 (89.5%) | 4.87 (3.59, 6.61) | 2.40 (1.36, 4.25)a | |
| Parity | Primiparous | 172 (31.9%) | 368 (68.1%) | 7.08 (5.02, 9.98) | 12.27 (6.64, 22.68)a |
| Multiparous | 48 (6.2%) | 727 (93.8%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Gestational age | Preterm | 24 (3.8%) | 604 (96.2%) | .023 (.02,.04) | .05 (.00, 2.67) |
| Term | 76 (15.5%) | 415 (84.5%) | .12 (.08,.17) | .55 (.25, 1.19) | |
| Post term | 120 (38.8%) | 76 (61.2%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Mode of delivery | Instrumental VD | 184 (45.3%) | 222 (54.7%) | 3.40 (2.18, 5.30) | 2.81 (1.45, 5.45)a |
| SVD | 6 (0.8%) | 750 (99.2%) | .03(.01, .08) | .03(.01, .08)a | |
| Caesarean section | 123 (80.4%) | 30 (19.6%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Birth weight | <2,500 g | 24 (3.8%) | 600 (96.7%) | .04(.03, .07) | .54(.01, 30.83) |
| 2,500–4,000 g | 52 (13.3%) | 340 (86.7%) | .17(.11, .24) | .66(.29, 1.49) | |
| >4,000 g | 144 (48.2%) | 155 (51.8%) | 1 | 1 | |
1: Reference category.
a
Significant variable at p value of <0.05, COR, Crude Odds Ratio; AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio.