Neonatal Hypothermia and Associated Factors among Newborns Admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Dessie Referral Hospital, Amhara Region, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Obstetric and environmental factors of the study participants in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018 ().

Variables	Category	Frequency (%)
		Hypothermic	Nonhypothermic	Total
Parity	Primiparous	79 (39.1%)	37 (18.3%)	116 (57.4%)
	Multiparous	56 (27.7%)	30 (14.9%)	86 (42.6%)
Pregnancy type	Single	128 (63.3%)	64 (31.7%)	192 (95%)
	Twin	7 (3.5%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4%)
	Triple	—	2 (1%)	2 (1%)
Complication during pregnancy	Yes	18 (8.9%)	5 (2.5%)	23 (11.4%)
	No	117 (57.9%)	62 (30.7%)	179 (88.6%)
Mode of delivery	SVD	82 (40.6%)	44 (21.8%)	126 (62.4%)
	Instrumental	27 (13.4%)	15 (7.4%)	42 (20.8%)
	CS	26 (12.9%)	8 (4%)	34 (16.8%)
Place of delivery	Inborn	58 (28.7%)	27 (13.4%)	85 (42.1%)
	Outborn	77 (38.1%)	40 (19.8%)	117 (57.9%)
Setting for outborn delivery	Other hospital	19 (16.2%)	14 (12%)	33 (28.2%)
	Health center	50 (42.7%)	13 (11.1%)	63 (53.8%)
	Private institution	—	6 (5.1%)	6 (5.1%)
	At home	8 (6.8%)	7 (6%)	15 (12.8%)
Time of delivery	Day	45 (22.3%)	39 (19.3%)	84 (41.6%)
	Night	90 (44.6%)	28 (13.8%)	118 (58.4%)
Room temperature of the NICU	<25°C	1 (0.5%)	2 (1%)	3 (1.5%)
	≥25°C	134 (66.3%)	65 (32.2%)	199 (98.5%)