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Table 3 Relationship between provider characteristics and reported routine administration of prophylactic uterotonics

From: Use of prophylactic uterotonics during the third stage of labor: a survey of provider practices in community health facilities in Sierra Leone

Provider level of training

Number (percentage) who report routinely administered prophylactic uterotonic

P < 0.05

 MCHA

38/68 (56 %)

 SECHN

18/34 (53 %)

 Midwife

13/14 (93 %)

 CHO/CHA

14/18 (78 %)

 Total

83/134 (62 %)

Type of training

 

P < 0.01

 In service training

69/103 (67 %)

 No in-service training

13/31 (42 %)