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Table 3 Reliability of maternal report of immediate newborn care indicators

From: Reliability of maternal recall of delivery and immediate newborn care indicators in Sarlahi, Nepal

 

Proportion report receiving intervention

Observed Agreement

Expected Agreement

Kappa

K

+ > 0.4

++ > 0.6

Initial

Follow-up

n

%

n

%

n

%

95% CI

%

  

Clean Birth Kit - Any Item Used

1482

71.1

1473

80.9

1456

82.6

(80.5–84.4)

63.7

0.520

+

Clean Birth Kit - Sheet Used

1482

63.2

1473

71.7

1456

75.1

(72.8–77.2)

56.1

0.432

+

Clean Birth Kit - Soap Used

1482

64.0

1473

69.5

1456

69.4

(67.0–71.8)

55.8

0.309

 

Any injection given during delivery

1502

74.4

1500

68.3

1500

89.2

(87.5–90.7)

58.9

0.737

++

Injectable Oxytocin / Ergometrine given during delivery

439

98.6

523

98.8

371

99.7

(98.1–99.9)

99.7

0

 

Newborn wrapped before placenta delivered

1485

50.6

1347

58.9

1335

55.7

(53.0–58.3)

50.1

0.112

 

Newborn washed before placenta delivered

1487

0.2

1286

5.8

1276

94.2

(92.8–95.4)

94.1

0.022

 

Newborn wiped with cloth before placenta delivered

1479

44.9

1265

58.8

1249

57.6

(54.8–60.3)

49.0

0.167

 

Newborn placed on mother’s chest or arms before placenta delivered

1489

21.1

1451

15.6

1439

78.2

(76.0–80.2)

69.7

0.280

 

Cord cut after placenta delivered

1467

64.6

1324

72.3

1301

80.9

(78.6–82.9)

57.9

0.545

+

Cord cut with new blade

1427

68.7

1290

91.7

1244

81.6

(79.3–83.6)

71.8

0.346

 

Anything applied to cord immediately after delivery

1464

94.7

1375

92.8

1350

90.4

(88.7–91.8)

89.0

0.128

 

CHX applied to cord stump immediately after delivery

1462

89.1

1368

91.9

1342

87.1

(85.2–88.8)

83.8

0.206

 

Breastfeeding initiated in first hour

1500

35.4

1493

29.9

1491

64.7

(62.2–67.0)

55.8

0.201