Maternal Complications Related to Operative Vaginal Delivery and Their Associated Factors among Women Delivered at NEMCS Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Obstetric characteristics and maternal outcomes among mothers who gave birth by OVD at NEMMCS hospital, Hadiya zone, southwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n − 326).
Variables
Maternal complication
Total n (%)
No n (%)
Yes n (%)
Parity
1
151 (82.5%)
32 (17.5%)
183 (100.0%)
2–4
106 (78.5%)
29 (21.5%)
135 (100.0%)
≥5
7 (87.5%)
1 (12.5%)
8 (100.0%)
Gestational age
<37 weeks
26 (76.5%)
8 (23.5%)
34 (100.0%)
37–42 weeks
210 (81.4%)
48 (18.6%)
258 (100.0%)
>42 weeks
28 (82.4%)
6 (17.6%)
34 (100.0%)
Gestational age evidenced by
LNMP
186 (83.8%)
36 (16.2%)
222 (100.0%)
Ultrasound
29 (78.4%)
8 (21.6%)
37 (100.0%)
Fundal height
49 (74.2%)
17 (25.8%)
66 (100.0%)
Other
0 (0.0%)
1 (100.0%)
1 (100.0%)
Number of ANC follow-up visits
No ANC visits
26 (86.7%)
4 (13.3%)
30 (100.0%)
1–3 visits
86 (78.2%)
24 (21.8%)
110 (100.0%)
4 or more visits
152 (81.7%)
34 (18.3%)
186 (100.0%)
Health institution where ANC attended
Primary hospital
109 (83.2%)
22 (16.8%)
131 (100.0%)
NEMMCSH
51 (76.1%)
16 (23.9%)
67 (100.0%)
Health center
68 (80.0%)
17 (20.0%)
85 (100.0%)
Private medium clinic
10 (83.3%)
2 (16.7%)
12 (100.0%)
Other
0 (0.0%)
1 (100.0%)
1 (100.0%)
Position of the fetal head
OA
132 (85.7%)
22 (14.3%)
154 (100.0%)
OP
63 (68.5%)
29 (31.5%)
92 (100.0%)
Unknown
69 (86.2%)
11 (13.8%)
80 (100.0%)
Episiotomy done
Yes
171 (85.1%)
30 (14.9%)
201 (100.0%)
No
93 (74.4%)
32 (25.6%)
125 (100.0%)
Station during OVD application
Low
178 (76.7%)
54 (23.3%)
232 (100.0%)
Outlet
86 (91.5%)
8 (8.5%)
94 (100.0%)
Duration of 2nd stage of labor
1-<2 hrs
192 (84.2%)
36 (15.8%)
228 (100.0%)
2-<3 hrs
46 (76.7%)
14 (23.3%)
60 (100.0%)
≥3 hrs
26 (68.4%)
12 (31.6%)
38 (100.0%)
Weight of the newborn in gram
2500–3999 gm
188 (86.2%)
30 (13.8%)
218 (100.0%)
1500–2499
23 (88.5%)
3 (11.5%)
26 (100.0%)
≥4000 gm
53 (64.6%)
29 (35.4%)
82 (100.0%)
Types of OVD used
Vacuum
191 (85.3%)
33 (14.7%)
224 (100.0%)
Forceps
73 (71.6%)
29 (28.4%)
102 (100.0%)
Previous place of delivery in the health institution
