Total | Midwives | Nurses | Health officers | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 3792 | n = 3193 | n = 456 | n = 143 | ||
What are the immediate complications of unsafe abortion? | |||||
Average knowledge score (out of 100) | 51 | 51 | 47 | 60 | 0.735 |
Percent providing specific response: | |||||
Bleeding | 85 | 85 | 82 | 92 | |
Sepsis | 72 | 72 | 63 | 83 | |
Shock | 51 | 51 | 47 | 63 | |
Genital injuries | 29 | 29 | 28 | 40 | |
Abdominal injuries | 17 | 17 | 13 | 24 | |
When you see a woman with complications from an unsafe or incomplete abortion, what do you do? | |||||
Average knowledge score (out of 100) | 46 | 46 | 40 | 52 | 0.417 |
Percent providing specific response: | |||||
Begin IV fluids | 82 | 82 | 77 | 88 | |
Begin antibiotics | 73 | 74 | 64 | 85 | |
Perform (manual or electric) vacuum aspiration | 51 | 53 | 31 | 49 | |
Assess vital signs | 50 | 51 | 39 | 59 | |
Assess vaginal bleeding | 46 | 47 | 43 | 56 | |
Refer | 46 | 46 | 54 | 44 | |
Do a vaginal exam | 39 | 39 | 36 | 49 | |
Provide counselling | 30 | 31 | 21 | 41 | |
Give Ergometrine or oxytocin or misoprostol | 26 | 26 | 21 | 29 | |
Perform evacuation with curettage | 13 | 13 | 10 | 22 | |
What information do you give clients who were treated for an unsafe or incomplete abortion? | |||||
Average knowledge score (out of 100) | 41 | 42 | 37 | 46 | 0.779 |
Percent providing specific response: | |||||
Counselling on family planning and services | 85 | 87 | 71 | 87 | |
Refer for family planning to receive family planning methods | 53 | 55 | 38 | 59 | |
Inform when a woman can plan to conceive again | 51 | 52 | 42 | 53 | |
Describe consequences of an unsafe abortion | 47 | 46 | 48 | 56 | |
How to prevent reproductive tract infections/HIV | 30 | 29 | 31 | 38 | |
Social support | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
Refer for precancerous cervical lesion screening | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12 |