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Table 3 Factors associated with abnormal obstetric shock index at multivariable modified poisson regression

From: Abnormal obstetric shock index and associated factors among immediate postpartum women following vaginal delivery at a tertiary hospital in southwestern Uganda

Characteristic

% AOSI

n/N (%)

Bivariate analysis

p-value

Multivariable analysis

p-Value

cPR (95% CI)

 

aPR (95% CI)

 

Age (years)

     

<25

46 (22.44)

Ref

 

Ref

 

25-<35

32 (16.93)

0.75 (0.50–1.13)

0.174

0.96 (0.57–1.63)

0.893

≥35

05 (15.5)

0.68 (0.29–1.58)

0.364

1.10 (0.43–2.83)

0.837

Employment status

     

Employed

51(17.35)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Unemployed

32(24.06)

1.39 (0.94–2.05)

0.102

1.270 (0.83–1.95)

0.263

Referral Status

     

No

42(14.33)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Yes

41(30.60)

2.13 (1.46–3.12)

< 0.001

1.94 (1.31–2.88)

0.001

Parity

     

<3

60(21.90)

Ref

 

Ref

 

3-<5

16(14.16)

0.65 (0.39–1.07)

0.092

0.80 (0.43–1.48)

0.474

≥5

07(17.50)

0.80 (0.39–1.63)

0.536

0.96 (0.41–2.27)

0.933

Gestational age (WOA)

     

< 37

07(12.50)

0.62 (0.30–1.29)

0.201

0.62 (0.30–1.29)

0.201

37–41

71(20.06)

Ref

 

Ref

 

>41

05(29.41)

1.46 (0.68–3.15)

0.327

1.46 (0.76–2.81)

0.258

Multiple pregnancy

     

No

82 (19.76)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Yes

01 (8.33)

0.42 (0.06–2.79)

0.370

0.423 (0.07–2.41)

0.330

Episiotomy/laceration

     

No

35(14.83)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Yes

48(25.13)

1.69 (1.14–2.51)

0.008

1.44 (0.91–2.28)

0.120

APH

     

No

80 (18.91)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Yes

03 (75)

3.97 (2.18–7.22)

< 0.001

2.63 (1.26–5.47)

0.010

Blood loss (mls)

     

≤ 200

50 (16.45)

Ref

 

Ref

 

>200

33 (26.83)

1.63 (1.11–2.40)

0.013

1.59 (1.08–2.33)

0.018

  1. cPR: crude Prevalence Ratio; aPR: Adjusted Prevalence Ratio; Ref: Reference group; CI: Confidence Interval; APH: Antepartum Haemorrhage