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Table 5 Perceptions of midwives regarding availability of resources and performance improvement opportunities for labor, delivery and immediate postpartum care, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Quality of Midwife-provided Intrapartum Care in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Variable

Hospital midwives

Health center midwives

Total

P-value***

Job aids on normal labor and delivery (L &D)

70 (75%)

35 (61.4%)

105(69.8%)

0.079

Job aids on managing complications of L&D

83 (89.3%)

39 (68.4%)

122(81.3%)

0.001

Job aids for immediate postpartum care

70 (75.3%)

23 (40.4%)

93(62.0%)

<0.001

Job aid for managing newborn problems

88 (94.6%)

42 (73.7%)

130(86.7%)

<0.001

IP equipment and supplies

76 (80.9%)

40 (70.2%)

116(76.5%)

0.151

Medical equipment

81 (87.1%)

41 (71.9%)

122(81.3%)

0.021

Medical supplies

87 (93.5%)

54 (94.7%)

141 (94%)

0.766

Emergency medications

87 (94.6%)

41 (71.9%)

128(85.2%)

<0.001

Records and forms

88 (94.6%)

57 (100.0)

145(96.7%)

0.075

Basic infrastructurea

81 (73.6%)

29 (26.4) %)

110(73.3%)

0. < 0.00

Encounter obstetric complications at least weekly

64 (69.6%)

23 (40.3%)

87(58.4%)

<0.001

Technical update in the last 2 years

65 (69.9%)

46 (80.7%)

111(74.0%)

0.141

Supportive supervision or coaching

48 (51.6%)

44 (77.2%)

92(61.3%)

0.002

Case discussion or seminarb

60 (64.5%)

26 (45.6%)

86(57.3%)

0.019

Maternal death review or clinical audit

81 (87.1%)

28 (49.1%)

109(72.7%)

<0.001

Performance-based recognition or reward

23 (24.7%)

19 (33.3%)

42(28.0%)

0.290

  1. aBasic infrastructure includes equipped delivery room, neonatal corner, postpartum ward, water and infection prevention facilities, toilet and electricity. bCase presentation, seminar, structured discussion, morning session or grand round. ***Chi-square test