Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness Practice and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Proportion of women () who reported types of key danger signs during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period in South Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia, April, 2014.

Key danger signs	⁢Pregnancy		⁢Labor and delivery		PNC
		%		%		%
Vaginal bleeding	306	37.4	365	44.6	263	32.1
Severe headache	80	9.8	50	6.1	47	5.7
Blurred vision	49	6	—	—	21	2.5
Convulsion	22	2.7	14	1.7	11	1.3
Swelling of face and feet	86	10.5	—	—	47	5.7
Fever	171	20.9	84	10.2	110	13.4
Loss of consciousness	28	3.4	24	3	—	—
Difficulty of breathing	30	3.7	—	—	14	1.7
Sever weakness	79	9.6	—	—	68	8.3
Severe abdominal pain	148	18	—	—	—	—
Accelerated/reduced fetal movement	166	20.3	—	—	—	—
Water breaks without labor	25	3	—	—	—	—
Prolonged labor	—	—	407	49.7	—	—
Placenta not delivered within 30 minutes	—	—	275	33.6	—	—
Malodorous vaginal discharge					102	12.5