Table 4 PAC knowledge scores: Mean percent of items known by providers, by facility type
From: Assessing post-abortion care in health facilities in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study
PAC knowledge | Mean score (SD) | Comprehensive health centers (n = 13) | District hospitals (n = 57) | Provincial hospitals (n = 73) | Regional hospitals (n = 17) | Specialized hospitals (n = 17) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Can identify immediate complications of unsafe or incomplete abortion: sepsis, bleeding, genital injuries, shock (percent of 4 items correct) | 65.5 (1.6) | 60.3 | 60.7 | 67.8 | 63.8 | 77.5 | 0.058 |
Can identify steps to take in examining and treating a woman with complications from unsafe or incomplete abortion: assess vaginal bleeding and vital signs, begin IV fluids and antibiotics, do manual vacuum aspiration and conventional evacuation with curettage, provide counseling and refer (percent of 9 items correct) | 57.4 (1.5) | 50.3 | 49.7 | 63.2 | 55.6 | 63.9 | 0.001 |
Knows what information to provide patients who were treated for an incomplete or unsafe abortion: Information on birth spacing, family planning, consequences of unsafe abortion, and social support (percent of 7 items correct) | 46.1 (1.7) | 40.3 | 42.2 | 49.0 | 49.3 | 47.1 | 0.36 |
Total knowledge score (percent of 20 items correct) | 55.1 (1.3) | 48.8 | 49.3 | 59.2 | 55.0 | 60.8 | 0.007 |