Magnitude of Episiotomy and Associated Factors among Mothers Who Give Birth in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: Observation-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis outputs of the factors associated with the magnitude of episiotomy for mothers who gave birth vaginally in Arba Minch General Hospital, 2019 ().
Variables
Magnitude of episiotomy
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes
No
Occupation status
Housewife
81 (83.5)
16 (16.5)
1.9 (1.3–4.4)
3.4 (1.2–9.9)
Employee
75 (64.1)
42 (35.9)
0.7 (0.8–2.8)
1.5 (0.5–4.3)
Merchant
56 (53.9)
48 (46.2)
0.4 (0.3–1.1)
1.3 (0.5–3.7)
Students
60 (73.2)
22 (26.8)
1
1
Marital status
Unmarried
26 (45.6)
31 (54.4)
1
1
Married
246 (71.7)
97 (28.9)
3.0 (1.7–5.4)
2.9 (1.4–5.8)
Educational status
No formal education
52 (53.6)
45 (46.4)
1
1
Primary education
68 (68.7)
31 (31.3)
1.9 (1.1–3.4)
1.8 (0.8–3.9)
Secondary education
86 (88.7)
11 (11.3)
6.8 (3.2–14.2)
10.2 (2.8–37.3)
College and above
66 (61.7)
41 (38.3)
1.4 (0.8–2.4)
4.6 (1.3–16.7)
Parity
Primiparous
171 (80.7)
41 (19.3)
3.6 (2.3–5.6)
4.1 (2.4–7.1)
Multiparous
101 (53.7)
87 (46.3)
1
1
Birth weight
<3300 gm
83 (47.4)
92 (52.6)
1
1
≥3300 gm
189 (84.0)
36 (16.0)
5.8 (3.7–9.3)
4.8 (2.7–8.8)
Body mass index
<25 kg/m2
160 (83.3)
32 (16.7)
4.3 (2.7–6.8)
2.9 (1.5–5.4)
≥25kg/m2
112 (53.9)
96 (46.2)
1
1
NB: Significant at value ≤ 0.05. COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; 1: reference group.
