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Table 2 Women’s Postpartum-related characteristics

From: Relationship between perceived social support and postpartum care attendance in three Latin American countries: a cross-sectional analytic study

Postpartum-related

N

%

Complications of partum

N

%

Attended Postpartum Care

1199

 

Severe bleeding

1195

 

 Yes

990

82.60

Yes

185

15.48

 No

209

17.40

No

1010

84.52

Place where received postpartum care

989

 

Very bad smell

1193

 

 Public hospital

256

25.88

Yes

63

5.28

 Private hospital

188

19.01

No

1130

94.72

First level center

526

53.19

Infect surgery wounds

1194

 

 My house

1

0.10

Yes

94

7.87

 Other place

15

1.52

No

1100

92.13

 Dispensary

3

0.30

Fainting

1192

 
   

Yes

98

8.22

Who provided postpartum care service

1121

 

No

1094

91.78

 Doctor or doctor assistant

843

75.20

Coma

1185

 

 Clinical assistant

10

0.89

Yes

2

0.17

 Nurse

205

18.29

No

1183

99.83

 Midwife

4

0.36

High fever

1194

 

 Pediatric helper

27

2.41

Yes

147

12.31

 Public health worker

19

1.69

No

1057

88.53

 Other

13

1.16

Painful urination

1190

 

Days attended postpartum care

965

 

Yes

235

19.75

 0–3 days

213

22.07

No

955

80.25

 4–6 days

193

20.00

Pelvic pain

1195

 

 7–10 days

381

39.48

Yes

366

30.63

  > 10 days

178

18.45

No

829

69.37

Days should attend postpartum care

957

 

Breast infection

1191

 

 0–3 days

232

24.24

Yes

64

5.37

 4–6 days

207

21.63

No

1127

94.63

 7–10 days

362

37.83

Continuous urinary leak

1189

 

  > 10 days

156

16.30

Yes

52

4.37

   

No

1137

95.63

Breastfeed

1195

 

Fecal flow

1188

 

 Yes

1126

94.23

Yes

3

0.25

 No

69

5.77

No

1185

99.75