Giving women WOICE postpartum: prevalence of maternal morbidity in high-risk pregnancies using the WHO-WOICE instrument

Table 2 Perinatal outcomes, clinical conditions and overall conditions considered by the WHO- WOICE among postpartum (PPC) women (n = 515)

Variable	PPC^# N = 515	%
Preterm delivery ^a
No	364	73.8
Yes	129	26.2
Healthy baby ^b
No	17	3.5
Yes	469	95.7
Unknown	4	0.8
C-section ^c
No	213	41.7
Yes	298	58.3
Breastfeeding ^d
No	59	11.9
Yes	435	88.1
Overall health rating ^e
Very good	119	23.3
Good	305	59.7
Neither poor nor good	67	13.1
Poor	18	3.5
Very poor	2	0.4
Have you been told you have anything wrong /any condition (s)? ^f
No	353	69.8
^Yes	153	30.2
Are you taking any medication(s)?
No	314	61.0
Yes	201	39.0
Dou you have any other medical condition or the other problem (s) you would like to report? ^g
No	249	49.0
^Yes	259	51.0
Any preexisting conditions
No	249	48.3
Yes	266	51.7
Leading direct preexisting conditions
Gestational diabetes	71	13.8
Gestational hypertension	69	13.4
Pre-eclampsia	55	10.7
Urinary tract infection	14	2.7
Premature preterm rupture of membranes	3	0.6
Others	10	2.2
Leading indirect preexisting conditions
Chronic hypertension	42	8.2
Mellitus diabetes	16	3.1
Surgical wound infection	9	1.7
Syphilis	8	0.6
Others	27	5.4
Any condition diagnosed on interview day ^h
No	452	92.2
Yes	38	7.8
Number of conditions diagnosed**
0	11	4.0
1	145	53.1
2	71	26.0
3	26	9.5
> =4	20	7.3

*Missing information* a: (22), b: (25), c: (4) d: (21) e: (4), f: (9), g: (7), h: (25)
^#PPC- women in postpartum care
**n = 273. Women with no missing information for any of the considered instruments (considering 2 conditions diagnosed, 59 women presented anxiety and depression and 36 women presented any clinical condition and anxiety)

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