Use and completion of partograph during labour is associated with a reduced incidence of birth asphyxia: a retrospective study at a peri-urban setting in Ghana

Table 3 Association between use and documentation completion of partograph and incidence of asphyxia

Variables	Asphyxia		Univariate		Multivariate^a
Variables	Present (n)	Absent (n)	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Age
18–23 years	10	40	1.00		1.00
24–29 years	18	30	2.72	1.317	2.91 (0.14–6.01)	0.312
30–35 years	9	51	1.91 (0.12–18.90)	1.061	1.94 (0.98–8.09)	0.197
36–41 years	3	25	16.5 (3.54–45.49)	0.081	5.14 (1.01–21.8)	0.091
Above 41	1	3	5.12 (0.02–5.21)	1.020	0.62 (0.02–6.00)	0.101
Parity
0	12	64	1.00		1.00
1	14	72	1.02 (0.44–2.35)	0.838	1.62 (0.41–4.60)	0.425
2	10	4	1.14 (0.32–4.01)	0.912	2.00 (0.17–21.05)	0.291
3	5	19	1.39 (0.81–1.91)	1.109	1.09 (0.14–1.78)	0.431
4 and above	0	0	1.10 (0.48–2.48)	1.091	0.81 (0.14–3.39)	1.00
Partograph use
Yes	23	151	5.89 (2.41–23.02)	0.002	4.29 (1.35–14.81)	0.033
No	18	8	1.00		1.00
Partograph completion
Yes	9	130	7.28 (4.08–21.17)	< 0.001	5.31 (2.011–16.04)	0.021
No	32	3	1.00		1.00

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