Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
Reprod Health. 2011 May 7;8:12. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-8-12.
Every pregnant woman faces risk of life-threatening obstetric complications. A birth-preparedness package promotes active preparation and assists in decision-making for healthcare seeking in case of such complications. The aim was to assess factors associated with birth preparedness and complication-readiness as well as the level of male participation in the birth plan among emergency obstetric referrals in rural Uganda.
This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Kabale regional hospital maternity ward among 140 women admitted as emergency obstetric referrals in antenatal, labor or the postpartum period. Data was collected on socio-demographics and birth preparedness and what roles spouses were involved in during developing the birth plan. Any woman who attended antenatal care at least 4 times, received health education on pregnancy and childbirth danger signs, saved money for emergencies, made a plan of where to deliver from and made preparations for a birth companion, was deemed as having made a birth plan. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to analyze factors that were independently associated with having a birth plan.
The mean age was 26.8 ± 6.6 years, while mean age of the spouse was 32.8 ± 8.3 years. Over 100 (73.8%) women and 75 (55.2%) of their spouses had no formal education or only primary level of education respectively. On multivariable analysis, Primigravidae compared to multigravidae, OR 1.8 95%CI (1.0-3.0), education level of spouse of secondary or higher versus primary level or none, OR 3.8 95%CI (1.2-11.0), formal occupation versus informal occupation of spouse, OR 1.6 95%CI (1.1-2.5), presence of pregnancy complications OR 1.4 95%CI (1.1-2.0) and the anticipated mode of delivery of caesarean section versus vaginal delivery, OR 1.6 95%CI (1.0-2.4) were associated with having a birth plan.
Individual women, families and communities need to be empowered to contribute positively to making pregnancy safer by making a birth plan.
每位孕妇都面临危及生命的产科并发症的风险。生育准备一揽子计划促进了积极的准备,并在出现此类并发症时协助寻求医疗保健的决策。目的是评估与生育准备和并发症准备相关的因素,以及在乌干达农村紧急产科转诊中男性参与生育计划的程度。
这是在卡巴莱地区医院产科病房进行的一项横断面研究,纳入了 140 名在产前、分娩或产后期间作为紧急产科转诊入院的妇女。收集了社会人口统计学数据以及生育准备情况,以及配偶在制定生育计划中所扮演的角色。任何接受了至少 4 次产前保健、接受了妊娠和分娩危险信号健康教育、为紧急情况存钱、制定了分娩地点计划并为分娩伴侣做好了准备的妇女,都被认为制定了生育计划。采用多变量逻辑回归分析来分析与制定生育计划独立相关的因素。
平均年龄为 26.8 ± 6.6 岁,而配偶的平均年龄为 32.8 ± 8.3 岁。超过 100(73.8%)名妇女和 75(55.2%)名妇女的配偶没有接受过正规教育或仅接受过小学教育。多变量分析显示,与多胎产妇相比,初产妇的比值比为 1.8(95%CI:1.0-3.0),配偶的教育程度为中学或更高与小学或以下或无教育程度相比,比值比为 3.8(95%CI:1.2-11.0),配偶的正规职业与非正规职业相比,比值比为 1.6(95%CI:1.1-2.5),存在妊娠并发症与比值比为 1.4(95%CI:1.1-2.0),预期分娩方式为剖宫产与比值比为 1.6(95%CI:1.0-2.4)与制定生育计划有关。
个人、家庭和社区需要获得赋权,通过制定生育计划为使妊娠更安全做出积极贡献。