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Table 6 Associations of key characteristics with observed deficient care by domain

From: Competent and deficient provision of childbirth services: a descriptive observational study assessing the quality of intrapartum care in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Key characteristics

Patient safety

Early Detection

Timely Access

Prevention

n

(%)

p

n

(%)

p

n

(%)

p

n

(%)

p

Facility type:

Health center

30

(54·6)

 

12

(21·8)

 

27

(49·1)

 

5

(9·1)

 
 

Hospital

13

(92·9)

·01

3

(21·4)

·99

7

(50·0)

·99

0

(0)

·58

Delivery volume: a

High

21

(67·7)

 

4

(12·9)

 

18

(58·1)

 

0

(0)

 
 

Low

22

(57·9)

·46

11

(29·0)

·15

16

(42·1)

·23

5

(13·2)

·06

Direct/indirect involvement of skilled attendant: b

Yes

10

(66·7)

 

1

(11·1)

 

4

(40·0)

 

0

(0)

 
 

No

33

(61·1)

·77

14

(23·3)

·67

30

(50·9)

·73

5

(8·5)

·99

Client’s parity status:

Nulliparous

15

(65·2)

 

2

(8·7)

 

8

(34·8)

 

3

(13·0)

 
 

Multiparous

28

(60·9)

·80

13

(28·3)

·07

26

(56·5)

·13

2

(4·4)

·32

  1. Total n = 69 cases, numbers and frequencies shown represent only cases with observed care for each domain and characteristic
  2. a cutoff defined at 183 delivery cases in previous calendar year (i.e. on average one case every other day)
  3. b “skilled” includes nurses, midwives or other maternal care providers with any of the following training qualifications: A0 = 2-year postgraduate training, A1 = 3-year undergraduate training, A2 = 2-year undergraduate training; direct involvement = skilled provide directly performs observed care domain, indirect involvement = skilled provider supervises non-skilled provider in executing the observed care domain
  4. p-values based on Fisher’s exact test