Research Article

Maternal Satisfaction and Its Associated Factors towards Spinal Anesthesia for Caesarean Section: A Cross-Sectional Study in Two Eritrean Hospitals

Table 5

Predictors of maternal dissatisfaction using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression, Asmara, Eritrea, 2018.

VariableCOR95% CIAOR95% CI

Hospital
 Sembel5.812.54, 13.295.352.16, 13.27
 Orotta1

Age
 18 to 262.991.25, 7.192.920.60, 14.23
 27 to 352.80.94, 8.351.480.42, 5.18
 36 to 421

Educational level
 Secondary or above1.030.45, 2.39
 Junior or below1

Employment
 Employed0.860.33, 2.24
 Unemployed1

Marital status
 Single15.345.24, 44.919.792.88, 33.37
 Married1

Surgery
 Emergency1.050.48, 2.29
 Elective1

Parity
 Primipara2.241.02, 4.920.940.26, 3.39
 Multipara1

Neonatal birth weight (Kg)
 Less than 31.980.91, 4.33
 3 or more1

Apgar score
 <101.050.37, 2.93
 101

Medical illness
 Yes0.720.09, 5.82
 No1

Anesthesia history
 Yes0.790.37, 1.73
 No1

Prior anesthesia
 SA0.560.14, 2.22
 GA1

Intraoperative pain
 Yes23.296.58, 82.4311.192.03, 61.75
 No1

PDPH
 Yes0.370.09, 1.64
 No1

PONV
 Yes0.720.09, 5.82
 No1

Puncture attempts
 >2 trials2.290.64, 7.67
 <=2 trials1

1: reference category; , , significant at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 level, respectively; OR: odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; PDPH: postdural puncture headache; PONV: postoperative nausea and vomiting.