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Table 2 Distributions of respondents on managements of problems during labor

From: Involving traditional birth attendants in emergency obstetric care in Tanzania: policy implications of a study of their knowledge and practices in Kigoma Rural District

Problems

Services

n (%)

Prolonged labor

Refer to hospital/dispensary

129 (82)

 

Medicine

22 (14)

 

Pray only

2 (1.3)

 

Drinks

2 (1.3)

 

Watching only

1 (0.6)

 

Did not respond

1 (0.6)

Exhausted mother

Rest and food

72 (45.9)

 

Refer to hospital/dispensary

77 (49.0)

 

Others (Pray, medicine)

8 (5.1)

Hand presentation by baby

Deliver her

36 (22.9)

 

Refer to hospital/dispensary

113 (72.0)

 

Medicine

5 (3.2)

 

Never happened

3 (1.9)

Breech

Deliver

79 (50.3)

 

Refer to hospital/dispensary

76 (48.4)

 

Medicine

2 (1.3)

Cord presentation by baby

Refer to hospital/dispensary

134 (85.4)

 

Deliver

17 (10.8)

 

Medicine

4 (2.5)

 

Never happened

2 (1.3)

Cord around neck of baby

Deliver

129 (82.2)

 

Medicine

6 (3.8)

 

Refer to hosp/dispensary

20 (12.7)

 

Did not respond

2 (1.3)

Intra uterine fetal death

Refer to hosp/dispensary

129 (86.6)

 

Deliver

18 (12.1)

 

Medicine

2 (1.3)