Table 2 Maternal obstetric characteristics of neonates admitted to the NICU of the HUCSH, Southern Ethiopia, 2022
Variable | Categories | Neonatal Outcome | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Survival | |||
Number of ANC | ≥ 4 visits | 19(13.2%) | 152(13.2%) | Reference |
1–3 visits | 9 (20.5%) | 35(79.5%) | 0.015 | |
No single visit | 4 (40.0%) | 6 (60.0%) | 0.106 | |
Place of delivery | Health institution | 30 (13.8%) | 187 (86.2%) | Reference |
Home | 2 (25.0%) | 6 (75.0%) | 0.384 | |
Type of pregnancy | Singleton | 28 (13.7%) | 176 (86.3%) | Reference |
Multiple | 4 (19.0%) | 17 (81.0%) | 0.508 | |
Parity | < 2 | 12 (12.2%) | 86 (87.8%) | Reference |
2–4 | 15 (13.6%) | 95 (86.4%) | 0.766 | |
> 4 | 5 (29.4%) | 12 (70.6%) | 0.075 | |
Index pregnancy complications | No | 24(13.4%) | 155 (88.6%) | Reference |
Yes | 8 (17.4%) | 38 (82.6%) | 0.491 | |
Intrapartum complications | No | 23 (12.8%) | 156 (87.2%) | Reference |
Yes | 9 (23.7%) | 29 (76.3%) | 0.092 | |
Duration of PROM | < 18 h | 27 (13.2%) | 178 (86.8%) | Reference |
≥ 18 h | 5 (25.0% ) | 15 (75.0%) | 0.157 | |
Admission status | Transferred | 24 (14.9%) | 137 (85.1%) | Reference |
Referred in | 8 (12.5%) | 56 (87.5%) | 0.641 | |