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Table 3 Factors influencing DDI (N = 598)

From: The decision delivery interval in emergency caesarean section and its associated maternal and fetal outcomes at a referral hospital in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Factors

DDI

P-value

 

≤75 min

> 75 min

 

Gestational Age (weeks)

  < 32

13(3.59)

3(1.27)

 

 32–36

48(13.26)

24(10.17)

0.504

 37–40

237(65.47)

172(72.88)

 

  > 40

64(17.68)

37(15.68)

 

Fetal Distress

 No

276(76.24)

184(77.97)

 

 Yes

86(23.76)

52(22.03)

0.408

APH

 No

344(95.03)

223(94.49)

 

 Yes

18(4.97)

13(5.51)

0.745

Previous Scar

 No

262(72.38)

164(69.49)

 

 Yes

100(27.62)

72(30.51)

0.201

Hypertension Disorders

 No

315(87.02)

195(82.63)

 

 Yes

47(12.98)

41(17.37)

0.037

Prolong labor

 No

360(99.45)

230(97.46)

 

 Yes

2(0.55)

6(2.54)

0.032

Decision to anesthesia time

  ≤ 30

208(57.46)

3(1.27)

 

  > 30

154(42.54)

233(98.73)

0.000

Anesthesia to delivery of baby

  ≤ 10

129(35.64)

71(30.08)

 

  > 10

233(64.36)

165(69.92)

0.035