Usual hospital care versus post-abortion care for women with unsafe abortion: a case control study from Sri Lanka

Table 2 Comparison of the care provided by different staff categories at the time of emergency treatment to women with unsafe abortion (Cases = 171) and women with spontaneous abortion (SA-controls = 638)

Care related to emergency treatment	Ward staff category (%)*
		Ward doctor			Ward nurse
	Cases	SA	*p value*	Cases	SA	*p value*
Prior to medical/surgical procedure
• Spoke before initiating treatment	82.5	87.3	0.1	38.6	26.3	*0.002*
• Explained the current health status	60.2	77.7	*0.001*	23.5	19.6	0.3
• Opportunities given to clarify doubts	25.7	25.2	0.9	11.7	13.6	0.5
During and around the time of procedure
• Explained the procedure	64.9	56.7	0.05	24.6	28.8	0.3
• Helped in understanding the procedure	46.8	45.3	0.7	20.5	25.7	0.2
• Opportunities given to clarify doubts	23.4	28.2	0.2	16.4	21.9	0.1

*All percentages were calculated out of 171 in the unsafe abortion (cases) group and 638 in the spontaneous abortion (SA-controls) group.
p value in bold print, if significant at 0.05 level.

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