Research Article
The Prevalence of Traditional Malpractice during Pregnancy, Child Birth, and Postnatal Period among Women of Childbearing Age in Meshenti Town, 2016
Table 3
Traditional malpractice during delivery in Meshenti town, 2016.
| Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Traditional malpractice | | | Abdominal massage | | | Yes | 8 | 2.73 | No | 0 | 0 | Uterine massage | | | Yes | 7 | 2.39 | No | 0 | 0 | Abdominal and uterine massage | | | Yes | 5 | 1.7 | No | 0 | 0 | Total | 20 | 6.82 | Place of delivery | | | Home | 87 | 29.7 | Health facility | 206 | 70.3 | Total | 293 | 100 | Method used to expel placenta | | | Spontaneously | 76 | 87.4 | Uterine massage | 11 | 12.6 | Total | 87 | 100 | Instrument used to cut cord | | | Boiled new blade | 14 | 16.1 | Unboiled new blade | 66 | 75.9 | Unclean blade used before | 6 | 6.9 | Boiled blade used before | 1 | 1.1 | Total | 87 | 100 | Umbilical cord tied | | | Yes | 84 | 96.6 | No | 3 | 3.4 | Total | 87 | 100 | Material used to tie umbilical cord | | | Boiled thread | 71 | 84.5 | Unboiled thread | 10 | 11.9 | Other | 3 | 3.6 | Total | 84 | 100 |
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