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Table 2 Delivery and infant characteristics

From: “That was intense!” Spirituality during childbirth: a mixed-method comparative study of mothers’ and fathers’ experiences in a public hospital

 

Prevalence of characteristic

Characteristics

Number

Percent

Type of delivery

 Spontaneous vaginal delivery

142

72.1

 Instrumental delivery

12

6.1

 Breech vaginal delivery

1

0.5

 Primary cesarean

27

13.7

 Iterative cesarean

15

7.6

Gestational weeks < 37 weeks

13

6.6

Primiparity

75

38.9

Anesthesia

 None

22

11.5

 General

3

1.6

 Epidural

119

62.0

 Rachidian

19

9.9

 Pudendal block

17

8.9

 Local

18

9.4

Episiotomya

17

11.1

Teara

 None

31

20.7

 Periurethral

56

37.8

 Vaginal

14

9.5

 Perineal 1st degree

16

10.8

 Perineal 2nd degree

43

29.1

 Perineal 3rd degree

9

6.1

Uterine explorationa

13

9.8

Blood loss, > 500 mL

42

22.5

Fetal monitoring anomalies

39

23.9

Birth weight < 2500 g

7

4.4

Neonatology admission

23

12.0

Apgar < 7

 At 1 min

19

10.1

 At 5 min

3

1.6

  1. Owing to missing data, the numbers for each variable might not add up to the same total
  2. aPercentage calculated for vaginal delivery only