Table 4 Reasons for delay among women with severe maternal morbidity and severe outcome in South-west Ethiopia
Reasons for the delay in receiving an appropriate care | N (%) |
|---|---|
Patient/family related factors | |
ـ Absence of ANCa after second half of pregnancy | 46(12.6) |
ـ Symptom/labor at home for more than twelve hours | 97(26.6) |
ـ Arriving with complication after home delivery | 38(10.4) |
Total number of women with delayed seeking care (delay one) | 164(45.1) |
Delay two (Delay in reaching at the right facility) | |
ـ Distance (> 40 km) from final facility | 175(45.1) |
ـ Transportation problem | 86(23.6) |
Total number of women with delayed access to appropriate facility (delay two) | 208(57.1) |
Delay three (delay after reaching a health facility) | |
At the initial facility visited (among referral cases) | |
ـ Referred without initiation of treatment needed | 173(55.3) |
ـ Other referral problems | 105(33.8) |
ـ Total number of women with delay at first facility | 189(51.9) |
Delay three at the study hospital | |
ـ Professional (follow up, evaluation, communication) | 19(5.2) |
ـ Logistics (ICUb-bed, blood, service, drugs, lab. reagent) | 41(11.3) |
ـ Total number of women with delay at JUTH (delay three) | 60(16.5) |
Total number of women with delay at health facility (delay three) | 215(59.1) |
Total number of women with any delay | 316(86.8) |
Means of transportation on presentation to the study hospital | |
ـ Public ambulance | 237(65.1) |
ـ Paid transportation | 110(30.2) |
ـ Other | 17(4.7) |