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Table 2 Number of essential childbirth practices (SCC items) performed at baseline and endline (complete observations)

From: Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: a pre-post evaluation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist at a hospital in Bangladesh

Childbirth practices

Baseline (N = 153)

End line (N = 157)

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

 

On admission

 Partograph use

0 (0)

0 (0)

–

 Appropriate maternal infection management

1 (0.65)

149 (95)

<0.001

 Appropriate eclampsia management

6 (4)

129 (82)

<0.001

 Hand hygiene

152 (99)

157 (100)

0.318

 Birth companion present

148 (97)

157 (100)

0.024

 Intrapartum counseling

3 (2)

121 (77)

<0.001

Just before pushing

 Emergency birth helper was identified

152 (99)

156 (99)

0.99

 Appropriate maternal infection management

1 (0.65)

147 (94)

<0.001

 Appropriate eclampsia management

4 (3)

125 (80)

<0.001

 Supplies for mothers and babies

0 (0)

18 (11)

<0.001

Soon after birth (within 1 h)

 AMTSL

134 (88)

156 (99)

<0.001

 Appropriate newborn thermal and resuscitation

17 (11)

0 (0)

<0.001

 Maternal blood loss assessment and treatment

152 (99)

157 (100)

0.318

 Appropriate maternal infection management

3 (2)

148 (94)

<0.001

 Appropriate eclampsia management

3 (2)

119 (76)

<0.001

 Newborn referral

149 (97)

157 (100)

0.044

 Appropriate newborn infection management

0 (0)

0 (0)

–

 Newborn special care

0 (0)

0 (0)

–

 Breastfeeding and skin to skin contact

152 (99)

157 (100)

0.318

 Postpartum counseling

3 (2)

133 (85)

<0.001

Before discharge

 Maternal blood loss assessment

152 (99)

157 (100)

0.318

 Appropriate maternal infection management

0 (0)

35 (22)

<0.001

 Appropriate newborn infection management

1 (0.65)

1 (0.64)

0.985

 Newborn feeding assessment

152 (99)

157 (100)

0.318

 Family planning counseling

152 (99)

157 (100)

0.318

 Discharge counseling

1 (0.65)

108 (69)

<0.001

 Follow-up visit counseling

151 (99)

157 (100)

0.156

Median total practices performed

11 (41)

19 (70)

<0.000

  1. The P-values were generated from Wald tests
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