Table 2 Risk factors in users of the midwifery network compared to women, who organised postpartum care themselves
From: Evaluation of a midwifery network to guarantee outpatient postpartum care: a mixed methods study
Risk factor/number of risk factors | Whole study population n = 13,241 | Users of the midwifery networka n = 1544 | Women organising postpartum care themselvesa n = 11,697 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk factor | ||||
Young mother < 18 years, n (%) | 37 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | 33 (0.3) | 0.872 |
Multiparous women < 20 years, n (%) | 5 (0.1) | 0 | 5 (0.1) | 1.000b |
Single mother, n (%) | 213 (1.7) | 44 (3.0) | 169 (1.5) | < 0.001 |
No vocational education, n (%) | 1408 (11.2) | 374 (25.7) | 1′034 (9.3) | < 0.001 |
Jobless, n (%) | 375 (3.4) | 76 (5.6) | 299 (3.0) | < 0.001 |
Poverty, n (%) | 46 (0.5) | 18 (1.7) | 28 (0.3) | < 0.001 |
Migration, n (%) | 353 (3.8) | 78 (7.1) | 275 (3.3) | < 0.001 |
Drug abuse, n (%) | 3 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.0) | 0.310b |
Domestic violence or suspected child abuse, n (%) | 20 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 17 (0.2) | 0.501b |
Depression, n (%) | 149 (1.6) | 23 (2.1) | 126 (1.5) | 0.147 |
Multiples, n (%) | 259 (2.0) | 44 (2.9) | 215 (1.8) | 0.007 |
Preterm birth, n (%) | 735 (5.6) | 119 (7.7) | 616 (5.3) | < 0.001 |
Child with congenital malformation, n (%) | 113 (0.9) | 20 (1.3) | 93 (0.8) | 0.045 |
Number of risk factors | ||||
No risk factor, n (%) | 4692 (75.2) | 456 (57.4) | 4236 (77.8) | < 0.001 |
One risk factor, n (%) | 1129 (18.1) | 232 (29.2) | 897 (16.5) | < 0.001 |
Two risk factors, n (%) | 307 (4.9) | 74 (9.3) | 233 (4.3) | < 0.001 |
Three or more risk factors, n (%) | 112 (1.8) | 33 (4.2) | 79 (1.5) | < 0.001 |