Table 4 Women’s perception on maternal complications, by study areas
Perceived delivery related complications | Dhaka % | Raipur % | Nabigonj % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Base n = 1516 | End n = 1456 | Base n = 1829 | End n = 1523 | Base n = 2502 | End n = 2174 | |
Mal-presentation | 28.8 | 55.6* | 49.3 | 45.7 | 35.4 | 43.3* |
Prolonged labour | 20.3 | 38.3* | 24.8 | 27.4 | 19.5 | 32.7* |
Obstructed labour | 21.8 | 24.6 | 30.5 | 24.4* | 24.5 | 35.4* |
Heavy bleeding | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Tetanus | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
Advance breaking of liquor (“pani uge bhange”) | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Hypertension | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Do not know | 36.4* | 6.0 | 19.0 | 10.9 | 33.2 | 6.2* |
Perceived complications after delivery | ||||||
Delay in placental expulsion/no expulsion | 30.5 | 55.8* | 44.0 | 48.9* | 29.1 | 56.2* |
Tear in uterus | 5.2 | 13.0* | 10.5 | 12.1 | 2.0 | 8.8* |
Heavy vaginal bleeding | 19.3 | 34.1* | 39.2 | 25.9* | 8.0 | 17.7* |
Fever with foul smelling vaginal discharge | 0.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
Eclampsia | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
Tetanus | 3.6* | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.1 |
Hypertension | 2.5 | 9.1* | 2.0 | 18.2* | 2.6 | 15.2* |
Anaemia | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
Do not know | 41.6 | 8.9* | 18.4 | 10.8* | 49.7* | 9.6 |