Table 1 Distribution of selected variables among women with prolonged PROM and short PROM in selected hospitals, Southern Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | Short latency group (n = 289) n | Prolonged group(n = 91) n | *p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age | |||
15–19 year | 36 | 8 | 0.799 |
20–24 year | 122 | 28 | 0.836 |
25–29 year | 82 | 26 | 0.752 |
30–34 year | 27 | 12 | 0.746 |
35–39 years | 20 | 17 | 0.970 |
40 + years | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Occupation | |||
Housewife | 194 | 57 | 1 |
Farmer | 27 | 6 | 0.024 |
Government Employee | 20 | 14 | 0.000 |
Merchant | 39 | 9 | 0.351 |
Non-government employee | 9 | 5 | 0.000 |
Educational status | |||
Non-educated | 59 | 15 | 0.000 |
Read and write | 24 | 7 | 0.132 |
Grade 1–6 | 93 | 34 | 0.003 |
Grdae 7–8 | 50 | 8 | 0.015 |
Grade 9–12 | 36 | 10 | 0.481 |
Above grade 12 | 27 | 17 | 1 |
Marital status | |||
Married | 280 | 90 | 0.35 |
Unmarried | 9 | 1 | |
Residence | |||
Urban | 106 | 21 | 0.000 |
Rural | 183 | 70 | |
Wealth index | |||
Very poor | 37 | 16 | |
Poor | 56 | 17 | 0.000 |
Rich | 58 | 18 | 0.000 |
Medium | 63 | 21 | 0.000 |
Very rich | 75 | 19 | 0.000 |
IPI | |||
Short | 106 | 21 | 0.000 |
Optimal | 183 | 70 | |
Utilization of ANC | |||
No | 28 | 4 | 0.025 |
Yes | 261 | 87 | |
Level of ANC visit | |||
One visit | 1 | 1 | 0.48 |
Two visit | 11 | 7 | 0.37 |
Three visit | 38 | 10 | 0.78 |
Four and more | 211 | 69 | 0.20 |
Time of initiation of ANC | |||
Within 4 months | 185 | 54 | 0.24 |
After 4 months | 77 | 33 | |
Husband support | |||
No | 9 | 1 | |
Yes | 280 | 90 | 0.86 |
BPCR | |||
Not prepared | 280 | 77 | 0.002 |
Prepared | 9 | 14 | |
Gestation | |||
Singleton | 284 | 84 | 0.562 |
Twins | 5 | 7 | |
Initiation of labour | |||
Spontaneous | 261 | 47 | 0.197 |
Induction | 28 | 44 | |