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Table 8 Estimated risks of any sub-standard care/delay in obstetric care according to some obstetric characteristics

From: Delays in receiving obstetric care and poor maternal outcomes: results from a national multicentre cross-sectional study

Characteristics

User factors

Health service accessibility

Quality of medical care

Any delay (%)

PRadj

CI 95%

 

%

%

%

Yes

No

  

Number of gestations

       

1

34.9

38.4

43.6

40.6

42.8

ref

 

2 to 3

37.6

36.6

37.3

36.8

40.4

0.98

0.93-1.04

≥4

27.5

25.1

19.0

22.6

16.9

1.16

1.06-1.28

Total (n)

(845)

(2897)

(2290)

(4658)

(4021)

  

p-value

<0.001

<0.001

0.289

<0.001

  

Number of births

0

40.9

43.7

49.9

46.3

49.7

ref

 

1 to 2

39.4

37.8

36.9

37.6

39.8

1.01

0.95-1.06

≥3

19.6

18.6

13.2

16.1

10.5

1.23

1.10-1.38

Total (n)

(845)

(2897)

(2290)

(4658)

(4021)

  

p-value

0.002

<0.001

0.235

<0.001

  

Number of previous C-sections

0

72.7

73.6

76.1

74.6

76.7

ref

 

1

18.5

18.0

17.0

17.4

16.9

1.03

0.96-1.09

≥2

8.8

8.4

6.9

7.9

6.4

1.11

1.00-1.24

Total (n)

(816)

(2848)

(2227)

(4570)

(4003)

  

p-value

0.129

0.017

0.806

0.065

  

Number of abortions

0

71.4

76.9

78.4

76.9

78.2

ref

 

≥1

28.6

23.1

21.6

23.1

21.8

1.04

0.97-1.10

Total (n)

(844)

(2897)

(2290)

(4657)

(4020)

  

p-value

0.002

0.517

0.510

0.268

  

Gestational age on admission

<22

13.0

5.0

5.2

5.5

5.9

1.10

0.88-1.39

22 a 27

7.9

6.1

6.5

6.2

5.0

1.27

1.05-1.52

28 a 33

20.5

20.4

24.5

21.5

16.1

1.30

1.12-1.51

34 a 36

18.9

21.8

21.5

21.4

17.4

1.26

1.11-1.42

≥37

31.8

43.5

33.4

39.4

52.1

ref

 

postpartum/post-abortion

7.8

3.2

9.0

6.0

3.4

1.43

1.14-1.80

Total

(808)

(2839)

(2257)

(4558)

(3924)

  

p-value

<0.001

0.025

<0.001

<0.001

  

Gestational age on pregnancy termination

<22

10.8

3.1

4.0

3.7

3.4

1.16

0.95-1.41

22 to 27

3.9

3.2

3.4

3.3

2.7

1.23

1.03-1.46

28 to 33

16.9

16.7

21.4

17.6

12.5

1.29

1.12-1.49

34 to 36

18.6

21.4

23.5

22.0

16.5

1.27

1.13-1.43

≥37

37.9

48.5

40.7

45.8

57.5

ref

 

postpartum/post-abortion

11.8

7.2

7.0

7.6

7.4

1.13

0.91-1.40

Total

(762)

(2800)

(2139)

(4408)

(3840)

  

p-value

<0.001

0.111

<0.002

<0.001

  

Onset of abortion

Spontaneous

44.0

50.0

59.5

51.7

74.4

ref

 

Induced

56.0

50.0

40.5

48.3

25.6

1.47

1.13-1.91

Total (n)

(75)

(54)

(42)

(116)

(82)

  

p-value

<0.001

0.069

0.742

<0.002

  

Safety of Abortion

Safe

35.2

50.9

73.0

55.7

96.3

ref

 

Unsafe

64.8

49.1

27.0

44.3

3.7

2.18

1.64-2.91

Total (n)

(71)

(53)

(37)

(106)

(81)

  

p-value

<0.001

0.010

0.934

<0.001

  

Pre-existing health conditions

Yes

53.7

49.9

47.1

49.0

49.3

0.99

0.88-1.13

No

46.3

50.1

52.9

51.0

50.7

ref

 

Total (n)

(752)

(2609)

(1857)

(4019)

(3815)

  

p-value

0.182

0.509

0.717

0.928

  

Mode of delivery

Vaginal

16.2

25.5

17.7

21.8

24.4

ref

 

C-section

57.9

63.8

69.9

65.7

62.4

1.08

0.96-1.22

Abortion/ectopic

15.3

3.7

5.9

5.4

6.0

1.00

0.75-1.32

Still pregnant

10.6

7.0

6.6

7.2

7.1

1.06

0.84-1.34

Total (n)

(850)

(2901)

(2299)

(4674)

(4018)

  

p-value

<0.001

0.050

0.142

0.538

  
  1. PRadj: Prevalence Ratio adjusted for cluster effect. Values in bold mean they are statistically significant.