Table 4 Delivery service utilization and knowledge of women on danger signs and during childbirth, Tigray region, 2015
Place of delivery (n = 667) | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Home | 81(12.1) |
Governmental hospital | 155(23.2) |
Health center | 411(61.6) |
Health post | 15(2.2) |
Others (NGO and private health facilities) | 5(0.7) |
Partner support | 494(74.1) |
Type of support(n = 494) | |
Arrange ambulance | 307(62.1) |
Accompany during delivery | 351(71.1) |
Stayed with me during delivery | 307(62.1) |
Financial support | 385(77.9) |
Moral support | 335(67.8) |
Knowledge on place for seeking treatment on danger sign | |
Governmental hospital | 291(43.6) |
Health center | 561(84.1) |
Health post | 60(9.0) |
NGO health facilities | 22(3.3) |
private health facilities | 49(7.3) |
Women who faced complication during last birth | 34(5.1) |
Complication type (n = 34) | |
Heavy bleeding | 17(50.0) |
Foul smelling vaginal discharge | 2(5.9) |
High fever | 5(14.7) |
Breach presentation | 3(8.8) |
Mal presentation | 7(20.6) |
Prolonged labor | 9(26.5) |
Retained placenta | 3(8.8) |
Uterine rupture | 1(2.9) |
Cord prolapsed | 1(2.9) |
convulsion | 1(2.9) |
Place sought for treatment of danger sign(n = 34) | |
Governmental hospital | 20(58.8) |
Health center | 12(35.3) |
Health post | 1(2.9) |
private health facilities | 1(2.9) |