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Table 3 Average Scores for Structural Attributes

From: Detecting and managing hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a cross-sectional analysis of the quality of antenatal care in Nigeria

Structure Attributes

Total

Primary

Secondary

p-value

Mean

SD

% of total

Mean

SD

% of total

Mean

SD

% of total

 

Data collection tools (0–3)

2.72

0.56

90.5

2.64

0.59

88.1

2.82

0.51

94.0

0.059*

Infrastructure (0–6)

2.78

0.18

46.3

2.45

0.21

40.8

3.26

0.29

54.3

0.012

Guidelines (0–5)

1.69

0.20

33.9

1.45

0.25

28.9

2.05

0.33

41.0

0.071

General equipment (0–11)

6.43

0.30

58.5

5.96

0.40

54.2

7.10

0.43

64.6

0.030

Drugs (0–5)

1.93

0.12

38.5

1.79

0.14

35.7

2.13

0.22

42.6

0.087

Referral mechanisms (0–4)

2.40

0.11

60.0

2.20

0.14

54.9

2.69

0.18

67.3

0.016

Capacity for HDP-specific services (0–4)

2.04

0.14

51.1

1.55

0.16

38.8

2.74

0.19

68.6

0.000

Total for inventory/ infrastructure (0–38)

19.99

0.73

52.6

18.04

0.91

47.5

22.79

1.06

60.0

0.001

Training in last 3 years (0–6)

1.18

0.10

19.7

1.13

0.13

18.8

1.24

0.17

20.7

0.293

Signs of HDPs (0–12)

7.66

0.22

63.8

7.21

0.32

60.1

8.14

0.30

67.8

0.019

Management of pre-eclampsia (0–8)

4.15

0.18

51.8

4.22

0.25

52.8

4.06

0.26

50.8

0.669

Management of severe pre-eclampsia (0–9)

4.85

0.24

53.9

4.42

0.35

49.2

5.31

0.33

59.0

0.032*

Management of eclampsia (0–11)

6.29

0.32

57.1

5.47

0.46

49.7

7.17

0.44

65.2

0.004

Diagnosis of HDPs (0–3)

1.97

0.07

65.5

1.74

0.10

58.0

2.21

0.09

73.6

0.000

Usage of MgSO4 (0–7)

1.63

0.12

23.2

1.12

0.13

15.9

2.18

0.20

31.1

0.000*

Usage of eclampsia prophylaxis (0–4)

3.81

0.04

95.1

3.89

0.05

97.4

3.71

0.06

92.7

0.994*

Usage of antihypertensive drugs (0–5)

0.92

0.08

18.4

0.68

0.09

13.7

1.18

0.13

23.5

0.001*

Total knowledge/ training score (0–65)

32.44

0.92

49.9

29.88

1.25

46.0

35.19

1.31

54.1

0.002

  1. *equal variances not assumed (using F statistic, p < 0.05)
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