Table 5 Effect of demographics and clinical factors on the accuracy of fetal weight estimation
From: Accuracy of clinical fetal weight estimation by Midwives
Correct estimation | Missed estimation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | P- Value | |
Rupture of membrane | |||||
Membrane ruptured | 19 | 67.9% | 9 | 32.1% | 0.58 |
Membrane not ruptured | 86 | 62.3% | 52 | 37.7% | |
Gender of Neonate | |||||
Female | 58 | 69.0% | 26 | 31.0% | |
Male | 47 | 57.3% | 35 | 42.7% | 0.12 |
Presence of contractions | |||||
Contractions present | 45 | 66.2% | 23 | 33.8% | 0.52 |
Contractions absent | 60 | 61.2% | 38 | 38.8% | |
Shift of delivery | |||||
Night | 58 | 65.9% | 30 | 34.1% | |
Day | 47 | 60.3% | 31 | 39.7% | 0.45 |
Diabetes | |||||
Diabetic | 10 | 66.7% | 5 | 33.3% | 0.77 |
Not Diabetic | 95 | 62.9% | 56 | 37.1% | |
Hypertension | |||||
Hypertensive | 2 | 66.7% | 1 | 33.3% | 0.70 |
Not Hypertensive | 103 | 63.2% | 60 | 36.8% | |
Birth weight group | |||||
< 3000 | 26 | 63.4% | 15 | 36.6% | |
3000–4000 | 78 | 65.5% | 41 | 34.5% | |
> 4000 | 1 | 16.7% | 5 | 83.3% | 0.053 |
Body Mass Index: Mean (SD) | 28.04 (4.82) | 28.02 (3.6) | 0.972 | ||
Maternal Weight Gain: Mean (SD) | 12.65 (4.59) | 13.42 (3.75) | 0.269 | ||
Parity: Mean (SD) | 0.50 (0.70) | 0.62 (0.78) | 0.314 | ||
Gestational Age: Mean (SD) | 38.66 (1.24) | 38.79 (1.18) | 0.529 | ||