Table 2 Obstetric characteristics of mothers whose neonates were admitted to the NICU of public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia, 2018 [n = 489]
Characteristics | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Parity | Primipara | 206 | 42.1 |
Multipara | 283 | 57.9 | |
Type of pregnancy | Single | 440 | 90.0 |
Twins | 49 | 10.0 | |
Place of delivery | At the index Hospital | 380 | 77.7 |
Another hospital | 30 | 6.1 | |
Health center | 53 | 10.8 | |
Private facilities | 4 | 0.8 | |
Home | 22 | 4.5 | |
Birth attendant | Midwife | 299 | 61.1 |
Physician | 151 | 30.9 | |
Nurse | 11 | 2.2 | |
Health extension workers | 2 | 0.4 | |
Traditional birth attendants | 23 | 4.7 | |
Others | 3 | 0.6 | |
Duration of labor | <  4 hrs. | 43 | 8.8 |
4-12 hrs. | 288 | 58.9 | |
Greater than12 hrs. | 158 | 32.3 | |
Amniotic fluid status during labor | Clear | 360 | 73.6 |
Meconium stained | 107 | 21.9 | |
Bloodstained | 22 | 4.5 | |
Mode of delivery | Spontaneous Vaginal | 338 | 69.1 |
Cesarean section | 122 | 24.9 | |
Instrumental Delivery | 29 | 5.9 | |
Gestational age at birth | Very preterm(<  34 weeks) | 63 | 12.9 |
Late preterm(34-36 weeks) | 97 | 19.8 | |
Term(37-42 weeks) | 319 | 65.2 | |
post-term(> 42 weeks) | 10 | 2.0 | |
Length of hospital stay | < 3 days | 160 | 32.7 |
4-7 days | 229 | 46.8 | |
> 7 days | 100 | 20.4 |