Table 3 Medical and other obstetrics related characteristics of mothers who gave birth at UoGCSH, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 455)
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Adverse birth outcome (at least one | Yes | 127 | 27.9% |
No | 328 | 72.1% | |
All 3 key adverse birth outcomes | Yes | 7 | 1.5% |
No | 448 | 98.5% | |
Birth Weight | Low birth weight | 46 | 10.11% |
Normal | 409 | 89.9% | |
Birth outcome of this pregnancy | Sill birth | 38 | 8.4% |
Live birth | 417 | 91.6% | |
Medical illness | Yes | 100 | 22% |
No | 355 | 78% | |
Types of medical illness(n = 100) | Anemia | 59 | 59% |
Covid19 | 15 | 15% | |
UTI | 14 | 14% | |
Malaria | 12 | 12% | |
Fever (≥ 2 weeks) | Yes | 77 | 16.9% |
No | 378 | 83.1% | |
Hypertension | Yes | 85 | 18.7% |
No | 370 | 81.3% | |
HIV screening status | Yes | 439 | 96.5% |
No | 16 | 3.5% | |
HIV test result(n = 439) | Positive | 14 | 3.2% |
Negative | 425 | 96.8% | |
ART status(n = 14) | Started | 11 | 78.6% |
None | 3 | 21.4% | |
Physical harassment | Yes | 12 | 2.6% |
No | 443 | 97.4% | |
Time to take to reach the hospital | ≤ 30 min | 181 | 39.8% |
> 30 min | 274 | 60.2% |