Research Article
The Association between Traditional Chinese Dietary and Herbal Therapies and Uterine Involution in Postpartum Women
Table 2
Characteristics of the 127 postpartum women.
| Characteristics | n (%) |
| Age | | <25 | 9 (7.1%) | 26–30 | 53 (41.7%) | 31–35 | 50 (39.4%) | >36 | 15 (11.8%) |
| Method of delivery | | Normal spontaneous delivery | 89 (70.1%) | Cesarean delivery | 38 (29.9%) |
| Parity | | 1 | 86 (67.7%) | 2 | 33 (26.0%) | ≥3 | 8 (6.3%) |
| Education | | High school or below | 30 (23.6%) | College or university | 85 (66.9%) | Graduate school or above | 12 (9.4%) |
| Employment status | | Full time | 74 (56.9%) | Part time | 5 (4.9%) | Not currently working | 48 (38.2%) |
| Place of staying during 1 month postpartum | | Own or relative’s house | 109 (85.9%) | Postpartum care center | 18 (14.2%) |
| Place of herbal purchase | | Clinic | 27 (21.3%) | Pharmacy | 80 (63.0%) | Unspecified | 20 (15.7%) |
| Extra medication during 1 month postpartum | | Antibiotics | 16 (12.6%) | Uterotonic agents | 8 (6.3%) |
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