Table 2 The frequency distribution of postpartum mothers according to obstetric factors (nā=ā400)
Variable | Categories | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Illness during pregnancy: | Yes | 126 | 31.5 |
| Ā | No | 274 | 68.5 |
Medication during pregnancy (nā=ā126) | Yes | 122 | 96.8 |
| Ā | No | 4 | 3.2 |
Class of medicine taken (nā=ā122) | Antibiotics | 52 | 2.6 |
| Ā | Antimalarials | 54 | 44.3 |
| Ā | Pain killers | 9 | 7.4 |
| Ā | Antifungal (vaginal pessaries) | 7 | 5.7 |
ANC attendance | Yes | 397 | 99.3 |
| Ā | No | 3 | 0.7 |
No. of ANC attendance (nā=ā397) | 1-3 | 196 | 49.4 |
| Ā | ā„ 4 | 201 | 50.6 |
Height of fundus (nā=ā359) | 20-36Ā cm | 29 | 8.1 |
| Ā | ā„37Ā cm | 330 | 91.9 |
Estimated age of gestation at delivery (nā=ā374) | 28-36 weeks | 194 | 48.5 |
| Ā | ā„37Ā weeks | 206 | 57.5 |
Infantās weight at delivery (nā=ā392) | < 2.5Ā kg | 191 | 47.8 |
| Ā | ā„ 2.5Ā kg | 206 | 51.5 |
Parity (nā=ā361): | Nullparous | 135 | 37.4 |
| Ā | Multiparous | 226 | 62.6 |
Type of delivery | Vaginal | 244 | 61.0 |
| Ā | Ceasarian | 156 | 39.0 |
Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy | Yes | 25 | 6.3 |
| Ā | No | 375 | 93.7 |