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Table 1 Demographic and obstetric characteristics of study participants by receipt of AMTSL components (N = 39202)

From: How effective are the components of active management of the third stage of labor?

 

No oxytocin prophylaxis (N = 8221)

Oxytocin prophylaxis (N = 30981)

 

No AMTSL components (n = 1832)

UM only (n = 959)

CCT only (n = 4014)

CCT + UM (n = 1416)

Oxytocin only (n = 3638)

Oxytocin + CCT (n = 6898)

Oxytocin + CCT + UM (n = 20445)

Country of residence

       

  Burkina Faso

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

9 (0.1)

3684 (18.0)

  Egypt

2 (0.1)

2 (0.2)

3979 (99.1)

1385 (97.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

16305 (79.8)

  Turkey

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2385 (65.6)

544 (7.9)

11 (0.1)

  Vietnam

1830 (99.9)

957 (99.8)

35 (0.9)

31 (2.2)

1253 (34.4)

6345 (92.0)

445 (2.2)

Mean age in years ± SD

26.2 ± 4.9

26.2 ± 4.8

26.1 ± 5.1

26.9 ± 4.8

25.6 ± 5.2

25.6 ± 5.0

25.3 ± 5.2

Educational attainment

       

  No education

60 (3.3)

12 (1.3)

1122 (28.0)

357 (25.2)

102 (2.8)

161 (2.3)

8190 (40.1)

  Primary

660 (36.1)

348 (36.4)

1178 (29.4)

439 (31.0)

1877 (51.7)

3384 (49.2)

2763 (13.5)

  Secondary or higher

1111 (60.7)

597 (62.4)

1711 (42.7)

620 (43.8)

1655 (45.5)

3338 (48.5)

9477 (46.4)

Currently married

1812 (99.0)

952 (99.3)

4009 (99.9)

1415 (100.0)

3626 (99.7)

6830 (99.3)

20258 (99.1)

Parity

       

  0

930 (50.9)

489 (51.0)

1706 (42.5)

543 (38.4)

1759 (48.4)

3712 (53.8)

9175 (44.9)

  1-3

895 (49.0)

468 (48.9)

2133 (53.1)

795 (56.2)

1860 (51.2)

3163 (45.9)

10084 (49.4)

  4+

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

175 (4.4)

77 (5.4)

17 (0.5)

21 (0.3)

1159 (5.7)

Multiple pregnancy

26 (1.4)

9 (0.9)

31 (0.8)

26 (1.8)

39 (1.1)

61 (0.9)

351 (1.7)

Mean gestational age at delivery in weeks ± SD

38.7 ± 1.6

39.0 ± 1.2

39.5 ± 1.4

39.5 ± 1.3

39.0 ± 1.6

39.4 ± 1.3

39.1 ± 1.8

Prior known post-partum hemorrhage

15 (0.8)

4 (0.4)

4 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

56 (1.5)

39 (0.6)

165 (0.8)

Mean pre-delivery hemoglobin in g/dL ± SD

11.9 ± 1.4

12.0 ± 1.1

11.1 ± 1.2

10.9 ± 1.4

12.1 ± 1.5

12.3 ± 1.3

11.0 ± 1.1

Early cord clamping performed

15 (0.8)

101 (10.5)

3981 (99.2)

1396 (98.6)

2594 (71.3)

6841 (99.2)

20428 (99.9)

Epidural given

37 (2.0)

69 (7.2)

2 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

24 (0.7)

42 (0.6)

21 (0.1)

Labor induced or augmented

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1968 (54.3)

681 (9.9)

11898 (58.3)

  1. Data are n (%) unless otherwise indicated. AMTSL denotes active management of the third stage of labor; CCT, controlled cord traction; UM, uterine massage; and SD, standard deviation.