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Table 4 Obstetrics and physical examination findings characteristics of the participants (N = 346)

From: Prevalence, outcomes and associated factors of labor induction among women delivered at public hospitals of MEKELLE town-(a hospital based cross sectional study)

Variables

NO

Percentage

Parity

Para I

181

52.3

Para II - IV

127

36.7

Para V& above

38

11

Gestational age

Preterm

43

12.4

Term

225

65.0

Postterm

78

22.5

ANC follow up

Health Centre

124

35.8

Public Hospital

171

49.4

Private Hospital/ Clinic

50

14.5

No ANC follow up

1

0.3

Known medical illness

Hypertension

6

1.7

Diabetes

1

0.3

Cardiac Disease

1

0.3

None

338

97.7

Indication for induction

Postterm

68

19.7

PROM

143

41.3

APH

18

5.2

Hypertensive Disorders

57

16.5

IUFD

26

7.5

Oligohydramnios

29

8.4

IUGR

2

0.6

Malformation

3

0.9

Status of the fetus before induction

Dead

32

9.2

Alive

314

90.8

Any diagnosed Malformation

Yes

10

2.9

No

336

97.1

Specific malformation

Anencephaly

5

1.4

Ventriculomegally

3

0.9

Achondroplasia

1

0.3

Club Foot

1

0.3

Bishop’s score at Admission

Favorable

114

32.9

Unfavorable

232

67.1