Table 2 The demographic and clinical characteristics of patients before and after the evidence-based intervention

Age (years, mean ± SD)

32.25 ± 5.45

32.53 ± 5.30

0.236

Education level,

N (%)

Technical secondary school or less

106 (46.90)

110 (46.03)

0.368

Junior college

41 (18.14)

46 (19.25)

College

71 (31.42)

77 (32.21)

Master’s degree or more

8 (3.54)

6 (2.51)

Gestational age (weeks, mean ± SD)

34.74 ± 3.24

35.57 ± 3.65

0.325

Type of operation,

N (%)

Emergency operation

107 (47.35)

109 (45.61)

0.987

Elective operation

119 (52.65)

130 (54.39)

Diagnosis of high risk pregnancy,

N (%)

Scarred uterus

103 (45.58)

107 (44.58)

0.235

Placenta previa/placenta accreta

82 (36.28)

91 (38.08)

Pregnancy complicated by hypertensive disorders

76 (33.63)

77 (32.21)

Other complications of pregnancy

31 (13.72)

42 (17.57)

Pregnancy complicated by internal and external diseases

32 (14.29)

29 (12.13)

Duration of Operation (h, mean ± SD)

1.31 ± 0.63

1.28 ± 0.56

0.562

Intra-operative blood loss (mL)

484 (382–714)

463 (378–615)

0.257

Exceeding 500 ml, N (%)

169(74.78)

177(74.06)

0.453

Type of anaesthesia,

N (%)

Combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia

143 (63.27)

153 (64.02)

0.189

General anaesthesia with intravenous inhalation

74 (32.74)

81 (33.89)

Other types of anaesthesia

9 (3.98)

5 (2.09)

Type of operation,

N (%)

Low-segment C-section

173 (76.55)

178 (74.48)

0.337

Corporeal C-section

53 (23.45)

61 (25.52)

Ascending ligation of uterine artery

58 (25.66)

64 (26.77)

Pelvic adhesiolysis

82 (36.28)

84 (35.15)

Uterus repair

29 (12.83)

30 (12.55)

Subtotal hysterectomy

14 (6.19)

15 (6.28)

Bladder repair

8 (3.54)

8 (3.35)