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Table 4 Recording of information on the partograph related to referral and augmentation in Ethiopia, 2016, (N = 2611)

From: Health care professionals’ adherence to partograph use in Ethiopia: analysis of 2016 national emergency obstetric and newborn care survey

Characteristics

Frequency

Percentage

The woman referred from another facility

 No/no information

2556

97.9

 Yes

55

2.1

When the woman referred ( n  = 55)

 On or left of the alert line

21

38.2

 Between the alert and action lines

1

1.8

 On or to the right of the action line

1

1.8

 Could not be determined

32

58.2

According to the partograph when did the woman deliver

 On or left of the alert line

1990

76.2

 Between the alert and action lines

391

15

 On or to the right of the action line

61

2.3

 Information not recorded

169

6.5

Augmentation used

 Yes

112

4.3

 No

2499

95.7

When was augmentation used( n  = 112)

 Not recorded

61

54.5

 On the alert line

32

28.5

 Between the alert and action line

14

12.5

 On or beyond the action line

5

4.5

Time at delivery filled in

 Yes

2216

84.9

 No

395

15.1

Mode of delivery

 Spontaneous vertex delivery

2471

94.6

 Vacuum/forceps delivery

14

0.5

 Cesarean delivery

9

0.3

 No information

117

4.5