Table 3 Indication and method of labor induction among women delivered in public health hospitals of Keffa, Sheka and Bench-Maji Zone, South West Ethiopia, 2018
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Indication | Post term | 101 | 22.9 |
Premature rapture of membrane | 145 | 32.9 | |
Hypertensive disorder | 116 | 26.3 | |
Diabetes mellitus | 5 | 1.1 | |
Intra uterine growth restriction | 11 | 2.5 | |
Ante partum hemorrhage | 48 | 10.9 | |
Others a | 44 | 10 | |
Methods of Induction | Balloon catheter | 51 | 11.6 |
Sweeping membrane | 1 | 0.2 | |
oxytocin infusion | 307 | 69.6 | |
Misoprostol | 246 | 55.8 |