Table 1 Characteristics of women undergoing a trial of labor or elective caesarean section after previous caesarean delivery
From: Maternal and perinatal outcome after previous caesarean section in rural Rwanda
Characteristics | ToL | ERCS | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
297 (%) | 138 (%) | |||
Maternal Age (Years) | Less than 25 | 57 (19.2) | 20 (14.5) | 1.0 |
25-30 | 144 (48.5) | 55 (39.9) | 0.9 (0.5 - 1.7) | |
31-35 | 67 (22.6) | 38 (27.5) | 0.6 (0.3 - 1.2) | |
Above 35 | 29 (9.7) | 25 (18.1) | 0.4 (0.2 - 0.8) | |
Martial status | Married | 202 (68.0) | 104 (75.4) | 1 |
Single | 83 (28.0) | 27 (19.6) | 1.7 (1.0 – 2.8) | |
Separated/widowed/divorced | 12 (4.0) | 7 (5.0) | 0.8 (0.3 – 2.4) | |
Number of ANC | < 4 | 166 (55.9) | 89 (64.5) | 1 |
≥ 4 | 131 (44.1) | 49 (35.5) | 1.9 (1.7 −5.2) | |
Educational Level | None | 30 (10.1) | 15 (10.9) | 1 |
Primary | 177 (59.6) | 86 (62.3) | 1.1 (0.6 − 2.1) | |
Secondary | 50 (16.8) | 20 (14.5) | 1.3 (0.6 − 2.9) | |
Tertiary | 40 (13.5) | 17 (12.3) | 1.5 (0.6 − 3.8) | |
Health Insurance | Public (Mutuelle) | 244 (82.1) | 123 (89.1) | 1 |
Private including Others | 10 (3.4) | 11 (8.0) | 0.4 (0.2 − 0.9) | |
None | 43 (14.5) | 4 (2.9) | 5.7 (1.9 − 16.1) | |
Type of referral | Self | 232 (78.1) | 129 (93.5) | 1 |
Health center/home | 65 (21.9) | 9 (6.5) | 4 (1.9 − 8.3) | |
Neonatal Weights (grams) | ≤ 3999 | 286 (96.3) | 112 (81.2) | 1 |
≥ 4000 | 11 (3.7) | 26 (18.8) | 0.2 (0.1 − 0.3) | |
Maternal occupation | Housewife | 101 (34.0) | 47 (34.0) | 1 |
Subsistence Farmer | 105 (35.3) | 39 (28.3) | 1.5 (0.9 − 2.4) | |
Business | 51 (17.2) | 29 (21.0) | 1.0 (0.5 − 1.7) | |
Formal/Salaried | 40 (13.5) | 23 (16.7) | 0.9 (0.5 − 1.7) | |
Parity | One | 95 (31.9) | 41 (29.7) | 1 |
Two | 68 (22.9) | 28 (20.3) | 1.2 (0.7 − 2.2) | |
Three | 46 (15.5) | 19 (13.8) | 1.2 (0.7 − 2.4) | |
Four | 45 (15.2) | 22 (15.9) | 1.0 (0.6 − 1.9) | |
Five and above | 43 (14.5) | 28 (20.3) | 0.8 (0.5 − 1.5) | |
Prenatal maternal disease | None | 276 (92.9) | 121 (87.7) | 1 |
Gestational diabetes | 5 (1.7) | 5 (3.6) | 0.5 (0.1 − 1.9) | |
Hypertension | 7 (2.4) | 8 (5.8) | 0.4 (0.1 − 1.1) | |
HIV | 9 (3.0) | 4 (2.9) | 0.8 (0.2 − 2.8) | |
Indication of previous CS | Recurrent | 95 (32.0) | 72 (52.1) | 1 |
Non-recurrent | 123 (41.4) | 27 (19.6) | 3.9 (2.3 − 6.5) | |
Unknown | 79 (26.6) | 39 (28.3) | 1.7 (1.1 − 2.8) | |
Inter-delivery interval from prior CS (months) | ≤ 18 | 85 (28.6) | 64 (46.4) | 1 |
18 to 36 | 121 (40.8) | 65 (47.1) | 1.5 (1.9 − 2.3) | |
≥ 36 | 91 (30.6) | 9 (6.5) | 8.3 (3.9 − 17.6) | |