title: Delivery outside hospital after antenatal care: prevalence and its predictors.
abstract: Over a period of 5 years (1994 - 1998), of 9519 women who booked for antenatal care at the two tertiary hospitals of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife,-Nigeria,12.8% (1220) defaulted from hospital delivery. The casenotes of these patients were retrieved from the medical records department and were sorted into two groups of defaulters and non-defaulters from hospital delivery. Information obtained from the casenotes includes sociodemographic characteristic, past obstetric and present obstetric history. Bivariate analysis revealed six potential predictors; however, following adjustment by multiple logistic regression, only history of previous delivery outside the hospital (OR = 3.13, CI = 2.06 - 4.67), planned elective caesarean section in current pregnancy (OR = 2.03, 1.66 - 2.75), caesarean section in last delivery (OR = 1.93, CI = 1.57 - 2.76) and objection to admission in the current pregnancy (OR = 1.33, CI = 1.04 - 1.65) remained as significant predictors.
authors.affiliation: Obafemi Awolowo University, Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. oezechi@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Ezechi
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Fasubaa
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Obiesie
authors.forename: B K E
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kalu
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Loto
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Dubub
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olomola
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D017533:Marital Status; D009549:Nigeria; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors