Table 1 Socio- demographics and baseline characteristics of preterm neonates and their caretakers
Variables | N = 227 | % |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics of the preterm neonate. | ||
Sex | ||
Male | 102 | 44.9 |
Female | 125 | 55.1 |
Birth Weighta | ||
ELBW | 21 | 9.3 |
VLBW | 77 | 33.9 |
LBW | 129 | 56.8 |
Mode of deliveryb | ||
LSCS | 83 | 36.6 |
SVD | 144 | 63.4 |
GA | ||
Early preterm (< 33 weeks) | 113 | 49.8 |
Late preterm (≥ 33–36 weeks) | 114 | 50.2 |
Duration of hospital stay, (days) | ||
≤ 7 | 35 | 15.4 |
14–21 | 12 | 5.3 |
21–28 | 180 | 79.3 |
Co-morbidity | ||
Yes | 108 | 47.6 |
No | 119 | 52.4 |
Neonatal Outcomes | ||
Death | 20 | 8.8 |
Discharged or alive at end of the study | 207 | 91.2 |
Place of delivery | ||
MNH | 170 | 74.9 |
Others | 57 | 25.1 |
Characteristics of the caretaker | ||
Age (mother) | ||
18–30 | 149 | 65.6 |
30–45 | 75 | 33.0 |
46+ | 3 | 1.4 |
Age (father) | ||
18–30 | 109 | 48 |
31–45 | 104 | 45.8 |
46+ | 14 | 6.2 |
Level of education (mother) | ||
No formal education | 10 | 4.4 |
Primary school | 116 | 51.1 |
Secondary school | 84 | 37.0 |
Post-secondary/university | 17 | 7.5 |
Level of education (father) | ||
No formal education | 3 | 1.3 |
Primary school | 86 | 37.9 |
Secondary school | 98 | 43.2 |
Post-secondary/university | 40 | 17.6 |
Occupation of mother | ||
Housewife | 90 | 39.7 |
Peasant | 11 | 4.8 |
Government | 7 | 3.1 |
Private sector | 20 | 8.8 |
Self-employment | 99 | 43.6 |
Occupation of father | ||
Peasant | 6 | 2.7 |
Government | 22 | 9.7 |
Private sector | 40 | 17.6 |
Self-employment | 159 | 70.0 |
# of children mother has | ||
One | 75 | 33.0 |
Two | 57 | 25.1 |
Three | 47 | 20.7 |
> Three | 48 | 21.2 |
Median (IQR) | 2 | (1, 3) |
Previous history of preterm | ||
Yes | 25 | 11.0 |
No | 202 | 89.0 |