Table 4: Distribution of respondents based on labour pain experienced, age, educational background and religion regarding the refusal of epidural for labour analgesia.
|
Labour pain experienced |
Moderate pain |
Severe pain |
Excruciating pain |
P-Value |
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|
Epidural labour analgesia acceptance (n=540) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
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|
Frequency |
Percentage (%) |
Frequency |
Percentage (%) |
Frequency |
Percentage (%) |
Frequency |
Percentage (%) |
Frequency |
Percentage (%) |
Frequency |
Percentage (%) |
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|
Age |
15-24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.2 |
24 |
4.4 |
2 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
< 0.001 |
|
25-34 |
7 |
1.3 |
1 |
0.2 |
11 |
2.0 |
233 |
43.1 |
15 |
2.8 |
210 |
38.9 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
35-45 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.2 |
35 |
6.5 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
Educational background |
Uneducated |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
167 |
30.9 |
0 |
0.0 |
29 |
5.4 |
< 0.001 |
|
Primary |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.2 |
79 |
14.6 |
3 |
0.6 |
18 |
3.3 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
High school |
1 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
0.4 |
8 |
1.5 |
6 |
1.1 |
188 |
34.8 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
Tertiary |
6 |
1.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
9 |
1.7 |
3 |
0.5 |
9 |
1.7 |
10 |
1.8 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
Religion |
Christian |
4 |
0.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
8 |
1.5 |
97 |
18.0 |
5 |
0.9 |
185 |
34.3 |
< 0.001 |
|
Islam |
3 |
0.6 |
1 |
0.2 |
4 |
0.7 |
160 |
29.6 |
13 |
2.4 |
60 |
11.1 |
< 0.001 |
|