Skip to main content

Table 3 Pre and post intervention and overall means of maternal and child health outcome variables

From: The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions

Outcomes

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

 

Overall

 

Facility months

Mean

SD

Facility months

Mean

SD

t-test

Facility months

Mean

SD

ANC Processes

 Four ANC visits

371

64.1

36.1

507

75.3

25.7

< 0.001

878

70.6

31.1

 Syphilis Testing during ANC

371

54.7

64.8

506

68.5

51.8

< 0.001

877

62.7

58.0

Delivery Care

 Skilled deliverya

371

64.0

35.9

507

57.5

35.9

0.01

878

60.2

36.9

Birth Bundles

  On Admission

197

45.9

40.0

503

81.0

30.1

< 0.001

700

71.1

36.7

  Before Pushing

197

43.7

39.2

503

76.8

32.7

< 0.001

701

67.5

37.8

  Soon After Birth

197

45.6

42.9

503

59.5

43.4

< 0.001

701

55.6

43.7

PNC

 PNC visit within 48 h

371

49.4

37.9

507

58.2

37.4

< 0.001

878

52.0

37.9

Management of Complicationsb/Underweight Infants

 Neonatal Resuscitation

65

93.5

24.3

124

93.0

23.4

0.554

189

93.2

23.6

 Neonatal Sepsis

16

87.5

34.2

84

99

9.1

0.004

100

97.2

16.2

 KMC (hospitals only)

19

80.1

34.0

47

96.0

19.0

0.009

66

91.5

25.1

 Underweight infants

367

16.6

36.1

504

15.3

33.8

0.703

871

15.8

34.8

Mortality Outcomes

 

Mean (raw count)

        

Neonatal mortalities on the first day of life

367

1.0 (19)

5.4

504

1.6 (27)

9.5

0.127

871

1.4 (46)

8.0

Neonatal mortalities (within 7 days)

367

1.5 (28)

7.2

504

1.9 (42)

9.9

0.217

871

1.8 (70)

8.9

Fresh Stillbirths

368

12.0 (143)

55.8

504

10.0 (220)

22.6

0.767

872

10.9 (363)

40.1

Perinatal Mortalitiesc

368

12.1 (171)

55.8

504

10.1 (262)

22.6

0.762

872

10.9 (433)

40.1

Maternal mortalities

367

1.2 (11)

12.8

504

1.8 (21)

18.1

0.309

871

1.5 (32)

16.2

  1. a Skilled deliveries / expected pregnancies
  2. b The denominator for neonatal resuscitation and KMC (Kangaroo mother care) is the number of cases detected and the mean is the proportion of cases in which standard of care treatment was provided following asphyxia or low birth weight detection. Underweight infants were any infant weighing below 2500 g at birth
  3. c Perinatal mortality calculated as (Neonatal deaths within 7 days + still births)/ (still births + live births)