Research Article

Outcomes and Associated Factors of Induction of Labor in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Factors associated with successful induction of labor among mothers who delivered at East Gojjam zone public hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 411).

VariablesCategoriesSuccessful IOLOdds ratio (95% CI) value
YesNoCORAOR

ResidenceUrban143810.50 (0.32–0.77)0.48 (0.30–0.78)0.003
Rural1464111

GravidityPrimigravida143740.64 (0.41–0.98)0.76 (0.47–1.21)0.246
Multigravida1464811

PROM before IOLYes70460.53 (0.34–0.83)1.38 (0.63–3.01)0.423
No2197611

Bishop scoreFavorable3384.01 (1.73–9.28)3.90 (1.63–9.29)0.002
Intermediate183434.14 (2.60–6.60)3.53 (2.15–5.82)0.001
Unfavorable737111

Induction methodsOxytocin alone585011
Oxytocin with cervical ripening231722.77 (1.74–4.39)2.60 (1.21–5.63)0.015

NB: IOL: induction of labor; PROM: premature rupture of membranes; 1 = reference; Hosmer and Lemeshow test for the adjusted model: chi-square = 7.68, .