Table 3 Desire for labour analgesia, place of previous delivery, and concerns about labour analgesia
Variable | Distribution of participants | |
|---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | |
Do you want labour analgesia? (Total 1293) | ||
1. Yes | 1,134 | 87.7 |
2. No | 156 | 12.1 |
3. No response | 3 | 0.2 |
Place of previous baby delivery among the parous (Total 1029) | ||
1. Private health facility | 181 | 17.6 |
2. National referral hospital | 815 | 79.2 |
3. No response | 33 | 3.2 |
Concerns about pain relief | ||
1. Baby may be affected | 391 | 54.5 |
2. Contractions may be weakened | 45 | 6.3 |
3. Inability to push or use lower part | 68 | 9.5 |
4. May lead to C/S or instrument use | 5 | 0.7 |
5. Method may not work | 168 | 23.4 |
6. Other | 41 | 5.7 |