Documentation status of the modified World Health Organization partograph in public health institutions of Bale zone, Ethiopia

Table 1 Recording of component of maternal and fetal condition of partograph in public health institutions of Bale zone, Ethiopia, May 1^st to June 30, 2014

Parameter of labour	Frequency (n = 239 except for *)	Percentage
Fetal heart rate
Not recorded	73	30.5
Substandard	59	24.7
Standard	107	44.8
Was the state of amniotic fluid is recorded appropriately?
Yes	10	4.2
No	229	95.8
Moulding
Not recorded	225	94.1
Substandard	11	4.6
Standard	3	1.3
Cervical dilatation
Not recorded	71	29.7
Substandard	92	38.5
Standard	76	31.8
Alert line crossed^* (n = 76)
Yes	18	23.7
No	58	76.3
Action line crossed^* (n = 76)
Yes	12	15.8
No	64	84.2
Descent of the head
Not recorded	189	79.1
Substandard	33	13.8
Standard	17	7.1
Uterine contraction
Not recorded	79	33.1
Substandard	103	43.1
Standard	57	23.8
Blood pressure
Not recorded	104	43.5
Substandard	112	46.9
Standard	23	9.6
Temperature recorded
Not recorded	198	82.8
Substandard	27	11.3
Standard	14	5.9

* indicate for this variable, the denominator used to calculate percentage is n=76

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