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Table 2 Performance of health workers on newborn infants requiring basic resuscitation care

From: Performance of health workers on neonatal resuscitation care following scaled-up quality improvement interventions in public hospitals of Nepal - a prospective observational study

 

Control, (N = 1172, % with 95% CI)

Intervention, (N = 1859, % with 95% CI)

OR

(95% CI), p value

aORb (95% CI), p value

1. Additional stimulation to non-crying infants, (anc = 1169, ni = 1724)

96.7% (95.5–97.6)

83.8% (81.9–85.5)

0.86 (0.84–0.88), p = 0.000

0.18 (0.13–0.26), p = 0.000

2. Additional stimulation to non-crying and non-breathing (NCNB) infants, (nc = 297, ni = 715)

91.2% (87.4–94.2)

70.1% (66.6–73.4)

0.76 (0.72–0.81), p = 0.000

0.28 (0.17–0.43), p = 0.000

3. Additional stimulation to non-crying but breathing (NCB) infants, (nc = 872, ni = 1001)

98.5% (97.5–99.2)

93.6% (91.9–95.0)

0.95 (0.93–0.96), p = 0.000

0.22 (0.12–0.41), p = 0.000

4. Clearing of airway to non-crying infants, (nc = 1166, ni = 1702)

68.3% (65.5–70.9)

70.9% (68.7–73.1)

1.03 (0.98–1.09), p = 0.129

1.23 (1.03–1.46), p = 0.017

5. Clearing of airways to non-crying and non-breathing (NCNB) infants, (nc = 297, ni = 712)

80.8% (75.9–85.1)

67.3% (63.7–70.7)

0.83 (0.77–0.89), p = 0.000

0.65 (0.45–0.93), p = 0.018

6. Clearing of airways to non-crying but breathing (NCB) infants (nc = 869, ni = 980)

64% (60.7–67.2)

73.5% (70.6–76.2)

1.14 (1.07–1.22), p = 0.000

1.59 (1.29–1.96), p = 0.000

7. Initiated bag and mask ventilation (BMV) to non-crying infants, (nc = 1167, ni = 1732)

16.0% (14.0–18.3)

19.6% (17.8–21.6)

1.22 (1.04–1.44), p = 0.013

1.28 (1.04–1.57), p = 0.016

  1. anc = number of cases in the control group, ni = number of cases in the intervention
  2. badjusted for preterm birth, assisted breech delivery, and meconium-stained amniotic fluid at birth
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