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Table 1 Socio-demographics, obstetric history, and pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women receiving maternal health services at selected PHC centers in Lebanon

From: Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility: a retrospective study from Lebanon

 

N

%

Demographics

 

 Nationality

 

  Lebanese

412

10.4%

  Syrian

875

22.0%

  Palestinian

2690

67.6%

 Age Of Pregnant Women

 

   ≤ 17

94

2.4%

  18–28

2137

53.7%

  29–39

1601

40.3%

   ≥ 40

145

3.6%

Previous Medical History

 

 Chronic Disease

209

5.3%

  Obesity

71

1.8%

  Cardiovascular Diseases

60

1.5%

  Hypertension

48

1.2%

  Diabetes Mellitus

27

0.7%

Obstetric History of previous pregnancies

 

 Mean Gravidity (SD)

3.08

(1.857)

  Mean Parity (SD)

1.63

(1.466)

  Preterm Delivery (yes)

249

6.3%

  Abortion (Yes)

1178

29.6%

  C-Section (yes)

1139

28.8%

Obstetric History of last pregnancy

  

 Antenatal care (ANC) visits

 

   < 4

1207

30.3%

   ≥ 4

2770

69.7%

 Ultrasound of Uterus

 

  None

589

14.8%

  1

1626

40.9%

   ≥ 2

1762

44.3%

Labs Done

 

 CBC (yes)

3602

90.6%

  Fasting Blood Sugar (yes)

3432

86.3%

  Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (yes)

1042

26.2%

  Ferritin Test (yes)

187

4.7%

  Urinalysis Test (yes)

3073

77.3%

  Hepatitis B (Hbsag)*

757

83.8%

  Rubella Titer (Igg)* (yes)

823

91.6%

  Toxoplasma Titer (Igg)* (yes)

498

90.3%

  Syphilis (VDRL)*(yes)

767

83.6%

  HIV Test* (yes)

829

91.7%

  Blood Group/Rhesus Factor (yes)

3594

90.4%

 Supplements Taken at last pregnancy

  

  Folic Acid

3744

94.5%

  Iron

3473

87.6%

 Received Tetanus-diphtheria vaccine* (yes)

2511

63.2%

Last pregnancy outcome

 

  Normal

2073

52.1%

  C-Section

1590

40.0%

  Abortion

314

7.9%

 Delivery Onset

 

  Preterm

456

13.3%

  Term

2932

85.6%

  Post Term

37

1.1%

Obstetric Complications of last pregnancy

 

 During pregnancy complications (yes)

 

  Gestational Hypertension

66

1.7%

  Gestational Diabetes

84

2.2%

  Perinatal Depression

59

1.6%

 At delivery complications (yes)

 

  Still Birth

20

0.5%

 Postpartum Complications (yes)

 

  Infection

11

0.3%

  Hemorrhage

19

0.5%

  Depression

32

0.8%

 Neonatal Complications (yes)

 

  NICU Admission

59

1.6%

  Spontaneous Preterm

77

2.1%

  Birth Injury

5

0.1%

  Low Birth Weight

106

2.7%

  Early Neonatal Death

47

1.3%

Postnatal History

 

 Postnatal care (PNC) visits (yes)

3345

84.1%

 Breastfeeding (yes)

2837

85.2%

  1. *Lab tests and vaccines not provided at all PHC centers included in this study