From: Uterine rupture in a teaching hospital in Mbarara, western Uganda, unmatched case- control study
Characteristics | Cases | Controls |
---|---|---|
 | n = 77(%) | n = 205(%) |
Age group | ||
≤ 19 years | 5(6.5) | 32(15.6) |
20-34Â years | 58(75.3) | 153(72.5) |
≥ 35 years | 14(18.2) | 20(9.8) |
Married | 72(93.5) | 194(94.6) |
Secondary education and above | 15(19.5) | 68(33.2) |
Para 5 and above | 29(37.7) | 29(14.1) |
Living within a distance of 5Â km from health facility | 1(1.3) | 26(12.9) |
ANC attendance | 57(74) | 168(82) |
Place of antenatal | ||
Hospital | 13(22.9) | 69(41.1) |
Health centre | 42(73.7) | 87(51.8) |
TBA | 1(1.8) | 3(1.8) |
Referred from facility | 38(36.4) | 28(14.0) |
Partograph used during labour | 1(1.3) | 42(20.5) |
Previous caesarean section | 28(36.4) | 20(9.8) |
Use of herbs in during labour | 27(35.1) | 7(3.4) |