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May 8, 2026BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthOpen Access

Second and third delays in emergency obstetric care: predictors in Northwest Cameroon

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TNTosi Jones NkwainLNLifoter Kenneth NavtiMAMary Bi Suh Atanga

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Cross-sectional study identifies predictors of emergency obstetric care delays in postnatal women, suggesting urgent interventions.

Key Points

  • The study aims to identify socioeconomic and health system predictors of delays in access to emergency obstetric care among postnatal women.
  • Hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted from June 2024 to April 2025 among 472 postnatal women.
  • Data collected using a structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire with defined delays based on time thresholds.
  • Univariable and multivariable analyses performed to identify independent predictors.
  • 26.3% of women experienced the second delay, predicted by rural residence (AOR = 2.82, p < 0.001) and low household income (AOR = 3.46, p = 0.001).
  • 32.6% reported the third delay, with lower odds found in women aged 20–39 years and married women (AOR = 0.42, p < 0.001).
  • Self-reported barriers included staffing shortages (40.2%) and poor service quality (50.8%).

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Nkwain et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fd7eb0bfa21ec5bbf06f36https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-026-08962-0
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