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Table 3 Maternal characteristics of women admitted to the eclampsia ward in the initial audit and re-audit

From: Improved quality of management of eclampsia patients through criteria based audit at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Bridging the quality gap

 

Initial audit

Re-audit

p- value

 

No

%

No

%

 

Age (years):

     

15-24

262

67

20

23

<0.001

25-34

94

24

54

61

 

≥35

33

8.5

14

16

 

Parity:

     

0

260

67

59

67.0

<0.001

1-2

106

27

22

25

 

≥3

23

5.9

7

8.0

 

Gestational age (weeks):

     

24-32

55

14

21

24

0.024

33-36

154

40

17

19

 

≥37

178

46

50

57

 

Unknown

2

0.5

   

No of ANC visits:

     

0

31

7.9

7

7.9

0.013

1-2

152

39

22

25

 

≥3

206

53

59

67

 

Mode of delivery:

     

SVD

278

72

47

53

0.001

CS

76

20

38

43

 

ABD

8

2

2

2.3

 

others

27

6.0

1

1.1

 

Maternal outcome

     

Dead

30

7.7

0

0

0.001

Alive

359

92.3

88

100

 
  1. *SVD=Spontaneous vertex deliver, CS=Caesarean section, ABD=assisted breech delivery and ANC= Antenatal clinic, P-value for chi-square test of association.
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