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Table 2 Preventable adverse events (pAEs) overall and categories before and after the communication training proportionately to Adverse Events (AEs)

From: Reducing preventable adverse events in obstetrics by improving interprofessional communication skills – Results of an intervention study

pAE

2018

 

2020

 

Difference

p-value

 

Total

Percentage

Total

Percentage

 

pAEs proportionately to AEs

pAEs overall

88

13.35%

73

8.83%

-33.90%

0.005a

Peripartum therapy delay

39

44.32%

37

50.68%

14.37%

0.209a

Diagnostic error

32

36.36%

16

21.92%

-39.73%

0.002a

Inadequate maternal birth position

30

34.09%

17

23.29%

-31.69%

0.006a

Organizational errors

29

32.95%

21

28.77%

-12.71%

0.49a

Inadequate fetal monitoring

16

18.18%

10

13.70%

-24.66%

0.75a

Medication error

2

2.27%

1

1.37%

-39.73%

0.588b

  1. a Pearson-Chi Quadrat, b Fisher Test