Table 3 Intrapartum related characteristics of the study subject in the selected public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2024 (n = 340)
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Types of labor | Spontaneous | 273 | 80.3 |
Induced | 67 | 19.7 | |
Duration of labor | Normal labor | 228 | 67.1 |
Prolonged labor | 112 | 32.9 | |
Mode of delivery | Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 144 | 42.4 |
Instrumental | 39 | 11.5 | |
Cesarean section delivery | 157 | 46.1 | |
Fetal presentation | Cephalic | 316 | 92.9 |
Non –cephalic | 24 | 7.1 | |
head-obstructed labor | No | 319 | 93.8 |
Yes | 21 | 6.2 | |
Color of amniotic fluid | Stained | 83 | 24.4 |
Clear | 257 | 75.6 | |
Grade of amniotic fluid | Grade-I | 17 | 20.5 |
Grade-II | 42 | 50.6 | |
Grade-III | 24 | 28.9 | |
Cord accident | No | 330 | 97.1 |
Yes | 10 | 2.9 | |
Time of delivery | Day | 154 | 45.3 |
Night | 186 | 54.7 | |
Substance use | Chat chewing | 6 | 22.2 |
Cigarette smoking | 3 | 11.1 | |
Alcohol drinking | 18 | 66.7 |