Skip to main content

Table 5 Association between maternal delivery intention and type of CD

From: Prior childbirth experience and attitude towards subsequent vaginal birth after one caesarean delivery in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

 

Elective (n = 50)

Emergency (n = 166)

Total

Statistics

Preferred delivery

    

 Vaginal delivery(VD)

33(18.3)

147(81.7)

180(100.0)

p < 0.001*

 Caesarean delivery(CD)

17(47.2)

19(52.8)

36(100.0)

Reason for VD (n = 180

 Desire it

28(18.5)

123(81.5)

151(100.0)

p = 0.544**

 Fear of Pain with CD

3(27.2)

8(72.7)

11(100.0)

 Cost of CD

2(11.1)

16(88.9)

18(100.0)

Reason for CD (n = 36)

 Fear of labour

4(40.0)

6(60.0)

10(100.0)

p = 0.039**

 Poor labour experience

0(0.0)

5(100.0)

5(100.0)

 Fear of complication

13(61.9)

8(38.1)

21(100.0)

Desire more babies

 Yes

34(20.4)

133(79.6)

167(100.0)

p = 0.023*

 No

16(32.7)

33(67.3)

49(100.0)

No desired (n = 167)

    

 One

26(23.0)

87(77.0)

113(100.0)

p = 0.219*

 Two

8(14.8)

46(85.2)

54(100.0)

Year desired(n = 167)

 2

23(23.2)

76(76.8)

99(100.0)

p = 0.538**

 3

8(16.0)

42(84.0)

50(100.0)

 > 3

3(16.7)

15(83.3)

18(100.0)

Why more(n = 49)

 Health reason

3(60.0)

2(40.0)

5(100.0)

p = 0.159**

 Social reason

10(37.0)

17(63.0)

27(100.0)

 Financial reason

3(17.6)

14(82.4)

17(100.0)

  1. *chi-square test, **Fisher's exact test, significant P values are shown in bold