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Table 3 Associated factors to potential excess of vaginal examinations in Peruvian women

From: Potential excess of vaginal examinations during the management of labor: frequency and associated factors in 13 Peruvian hospitals

Characteristics

No PEVE

N (%)

PEVE

N (%)

Crude model

PR (95% CI)

Adjusted model *

PR (95% CI)

Age

 13 to 23 years

336 (69.7)

146 (30.3)

Ref.

Ref.

 24 to 29 years

332 (65.7)

173 (34.3)

1.13 (0.88–1.45)

1.18 (0.93–1.50)

 30 to 45 years

270 (62.4)

163 (37.6)

1.24 (0.92–1.68)

1.32 (0.93–1.88)

Educational level

 Without education

201 (55.2)

163 (44.8)

Ref.

Ref.

 Complete primary

96 (80.0)

24 (20.0)

0.45 (0.14–1.41)

0.67 (0.30–1.49)

 Complete secondary

314 (68.0)

148 (32.0)

0.72 (0.40–1.27)

0.90 (0.52–1.55)

 Complete higher

327 (69.0)

147 (31.0)

0.69 (0.36–1.33)

0.76 (0.40–1.45)

Region

 Coast

332 (76.1)

104 (23.9)

Ref.

Ref.

 Highlands

424 (64.7)

231 (35.3)

1.48 (0.42–5.26)

1.41 (0.69–2.87)

 Jungle

182 (55.3)

147 (44.7)

1.87 (0.62–5.62)

1.53 (0.73–3.23)

Health system

 Public

675 (68.5)

311 (31.5)

Ref.

Ref.

 Social security

263 (60.6)

171 (39.4)

1.25 (0.56–2.79)

1.33 (0.86–2.06)

Number of deliveries considering the recent one

 1

355 (64.3)

197 (35.7)

Ref.

Ref.

  ≥ 2

583 (67.2)

285 (32.8)

0.92 (0.73–1.16)

0.85 (0.69–1.04)

Number of prenatal controls

  < 6

222 (57.5)

164 (42.5)

Ref.

Ref.

 6–9

645 (72.1)

250 (27.9)

0.66 (0.40–1.09)

0.77 (0.58–1.02)

  ≥ 10

71 (51.1)

68 (48.9)

1.15 (0.63–2.11)

1.31 (0.82–2.08)

Number of psychoprophylaxis sessions

 0 a 2

742 (73.5)

268 (26.5)

Ref.

Ref.

  ≥ 3

195 (47.7)

214 (52.3)

1.97 (1.10–3.52)

1.78 (1.01–3.12)

Referred

 No

625 (69.5)

274 (30.5)

Ref.

Ref.

 Yes

313 (60.1)

208 (39.9)

1.31 (0.73–2.34)

1.55 (0.94–2.55)

Type of delivery

 Vaginal

568 (65.4)

300 (34.6)

Ref.

Ref.

 cesarian

370 (67.0)

182 (33.0)

0.95 (0.67–1.36)

0.99 (0.74–1.32)

Day of delivery

 Not weekend

715 (66.8)

355 (33.2)

Ref.

Ref.

 Weekend

223 (63.7)

127 (36.3)

1.09 (0.93–1.28)

1.07 (0.95–1.21)

Time of delivery

 Dawn (00:00–06:59 h)

243 (67.3)

118 (32.7)

1.10 (0.79–1.53)

0.97 (0.76–1.24)

 Afternoon (7:00–17:59 h)

445 (70.3)

188 (29.7)

Ref.

Ref.

 Night (18:00–23:59 h)

166 (57.6)

122 (42.4)

1.43 (0.99–2.06)

1.28 (1.04–1.57)

  1. * Adjusted for all the variables showed in the table
  2. PEVE: Potential excess of vaginal examinations (≥ 5 VEs).