Determinants of fetomaternal complication of instrumental vaginal delivery among women who gave childbirth in Southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Ethiopia, one in five instrumental deliveries among women giving birth resulted in an unfavourable outcome. This study aimed to assess the determinants of feto-maternal complications of instrumental delivery in selected public hospitals of Gamo and Gofa zones, Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 399 women attending selected public hospitals in the Gamo and Gofa zones. Data were collected using data extraction tools using a systematic random sampling technique. The collected data was entered into Epi-data version 3.1 and then analyzed using SPSS version 25. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine an association.

Results

One hundred eighty-three (45.9%, n = 183/399) instrumental deliveri

SUBMITTER: Israel E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623779 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature