Neglected and non-consented care during childbirth in public health facilities in Central Tigray, Ethiopia

Table 2 Obstetric characteristics of the study participants, Central Tigray, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 415)

Category		Frequency	Percent%
ANC follow up	No	6	1.4
ANC follow up	Yes	409	98.6
ANC provider	Midwife	325	78.5
	Doctor	45	10.8
	Nurse	10	2.4
	I don’t know	29	7
Place of receiving ANC	Government’s general hospital	190	45.8
	Government’s health center	146	35.2
	Government’s referral hospital	29	7.0
	Non-Government's health institution	44	10.6
Number of ANC follow up	≥ four	291	70.1
Number of ANC follow up	< four	118	28.4
Parity	One	143	34.5
	Two-four	232	55.9
	≥ Five	40	9.6
Number of previous deliveries in an HF	< Two	296	71.3
Number of previous deliveries in an HF	≥ Two	119	28.7
HCP conducting delivery	Midwifery	379	91.3
	Doctor	15	3.6
	Nurse	2	0.5
	She did not know the HCP	19	4.6
Sex of HCP conducting delivery	Male	207	49.9
Sex of HCP conducting delivery	Female	208	50.1
Mode of recent delivery	normal delivery	247	59.5
	Episiotomy or normal tear	142	34.2
	vacuum extraction or forceps delivery	26	6.3
Stayed at HF after delivery	Yes	326	78.6
Stayed at HF after delivery	No	89	21.4
Number of days stayed at HF	One-two days	57	64
Number of days stayed at HF	> two days	32	36
Complication during delivery	No	342	82.4
Complication during delivery	Yes	73	17.6

ANC Antenatal Care, HCP Health Care Provider, HF Health facility
Complication during delivery: (perennial tears, abnormal heart rate of the baby; water breaking early; perinatal asphyxia; shoulder dystocia; excessive bleeding, prolonged labor, retained placenta, malpresentation.etc.)

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