Time to Death and Its Predictors among Neonates Hospitalized with Sepsis in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 2

Maternal sociodemographic, medical, and obstetric-related characteristics of neonates admitted with neonatal sepsis in selected public referral hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 ().

Variables	Category	Status of the neonate
		Death	Censored
Maternal age in years	<20	6 (21.43%)	22 (78.57)
	20-34	61 (16.27%)	314 (83.73)
	≥35	4 (33.3%)	8 (66.6%)
Parity	Primipara (1)	25 (18.2%)	112 (81.8%)
	Multipara (1-5)	42 (16.3%)	215 (83.7%)
	Grand multipara (≥5)	4 (19%)	17 (81%)
Number of ANC visits ()	1-3	43 (21.9%)	153 (78.1%)
	≥4	27 (12.9%)	183 (87.1%)
Onset of labor	Spontaneous	26 (12.5%)	182 (87.5%)
	Induced	22 (20%)	88 (80%)
	CS before labor	23 (23.7%)	74 (76.3%)
Place of delivery	Health facility	69 (17.4%)	328 (82.6%)
	Home	2 (11.1%)	16 (88.9%)
Mode of delivery	SVD	41 (14%)	251 (86%)
	CS	28 (24.6%)	86 (75.4%)
	Instrumental delivery	2 (22.2%)	7 (77.8%)
History of PROM	Yes	19 (36.5%)	33 (63.5%)
	No	52 (14.3)	311 (85.7%)
Duration of PROM ()	<18 hours	13 (46.4%)	15 (53.6%)
	≥18 hours	6 (25%)	18 (75%)
PPH	Yes	4 (13.8%)	25 (86.2%)
	No	67 (17%)	319 (83%)
APH	Yes	8 (14.8%)	46 (85.2%)
	No	63 (17.5%)	298 (82.5%0
PIH	Yes	32 (28.8%)	79 (71.2%)
	No	39 (12.8%)	265 (87.2%)
Preterm labor	Yes	37 (39%)	58 (61%)
	No	34 (10.6%)	286 (89.4%)
Multiple (twin)	Yes	5 (33.3&)	10 (66.7%)
	No	66 (16.5%)	334 (83.5%0
Previous CS	Yes	7 (16.7%)	35 (83.3%)
	No	64 (17%)	309 (83%)
Abnormal presentation	Yes	5 (18.5%)	22 (81.5%)
	No	66 (17%)	322 (83%)
STIs	Yes	5 (27.8%)	13 (72.2%)
	No	66 (16.6%)	331 (83.4%)
Chronic medical illness of the mother	Yes	24 (19.5%)	99 (80.5%)
	No	47 (16%)	245 (84%)

PROM: premature rupture of membrane; PPH: postpartum hemorrhage; APH: antepartum hemorrhage; PIH: pregnancy-induced hypertension; STI: sexually transmitted infection; CS: cesarean section; SVD: spontaneous vaginal delivery; ANC: antenatal care.