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Table 2 Other characteristics

From: Incidence of home delivery among women living with HIV in Lira, Northern Uganda: a prospective cohort study

 

Total Births

Health Facility Births

Home Births

 

(N = 505)

(N = 470)

(N = 35)

Characteristics of mothers

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

HIV-related

HIV status disclosure

  Disclosed

490 (97.0)

458 (97.5)

32 (91.4)

  Not disclosed

15 (3.0)

12 (2.5)

3 (8.6)

Antiretroviral treatment

  Efavirenz-based

453 (89.7)

423 (90.0)

30 (85.7)

  Nevirapine-based

43 (8.5)

38 (8.1)

5 (14.3)

  Protease inhibitor-based

9 (1.8)

9 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

Viral load count

  < 50 cps/ml

280 (55.5)

259 (55.1)

21 (60.1)

  50–400 cps/ml

79 (15.6)

73 (15.5)

6 (17.1)

  401–499 cps/ml

12 (2.4)

12 (2.6)

0 (0)

  > 1000 cps/ml

32 (6.3)

30 (6.4)

2 (5.7)

  Missing Viral load result

102 (20.2)

96 (20.4)

6 (17.1)

Duration of antiretroviral treatment

  ≤ 6 months

95 (18.8)

90 (19.2)

5 (14.3)

  7–30 months

109 (21.5)

104 (22.1)

5 (14.3)

  31–119 months

267 (52.8)

245 (52.1)

22 (62.8)

  ≥ 120 months

34 (6.7)

31 (6.6)

3 (8.6)

Reproductive-related

Baseline

Parity

  1–4

368 (72.9)

349 (74.3)

19 (54.3)

  5–9

137 (27.1)

121 (25.7)

16 (45.7)

Gestational age (in weeks)

  20–27

263 (52.1)

244 (51.9)

19 (54.3)

  28–35

174 (34.4)

163 (34.7)

11 (31.4)

  ≥ 36

68 (13.5)

63 (13.4)

5 (14.3)

Accompanied to antenatal care

  Not accompanied

453 (89.7)

423 (90.0)

30 (85.7)

  Accompanied

52 (10.3)

47 (10.0)

5 (14.3)

Type of contraceptive used

  None or “safe days”

258 (51.1)

237 (50.4)

21 (60.0)

  Effective contraception

247 (48.9)

233 (49.6)

14 (40.0)

Intention to have baby

  No

204 (40.4)

183 (38.9)

21 (60.0)

  Yes

301 (59.6)

287 (61.1)

14 (40.0)

At Birth / Delivery

Type of Delivery

  Spontaneous vaginal delivery

440 (87.1)

405 (86.2)

35 (100.0)

  Caesarean Section delivery

65 (12.9)

65 (13.8)

0 (0.0)

Time of onset of labour

  Day time

231 (45.7)

219 (46.6)

12 (34.3)

  Night time

274 (54.3)

251 (53.4)

23 (65.7)

Person who supervised the delivery

  Health worker

470 (93.0)

463 (98.5)

7 (20.0)

  Non-health worker

35 (7.0)

7 (1.5)

28 (80.0)

Person escorting during delivery

  Mother

93 (18.4)

89 (18.9)

4 (11.4)

  Husband

125 (24.7)

111 (23.6)

14 (40.0)

  Mother-in-law

78 (15.5)

72 (15.3)

6 (17.1)

  Sibling

52 (10.3)

49 (10.4)

3 (8.6)

  Other

157 (31.1)

149 (31.7)

8 (22.9)

Mother’s adherence to antiretroviral drugs in the past 7 days

  Did not adhere

153 (30.3)

148 (31.5)

5 (14.3)

  Adhered

352 (69.7)

322 (68.5)

30 (85.7)