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Table 1 Health facility and study participant characteristics

From: Effectiveness of clinical training on improving essential newborn care practices in Bossaso, Somalia: a pre and postintervention study

 

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

P-value

n/N

%

95% CI

n/N

%

95% CI

Facility characteristics

 Maternity/labor room functional 24/7

4/4

100

 

4/4

100

-

-

 Electricity  functional

3/4

75

 

2/4

50

 

0.57

 Water availability

4/4

100

 

3/4

75

 

0.29

Health worker

 Mean skilled birth attendants per facility (registered nurse)

3.8

Range

(3–6)

 

2.8

Range

(0–4)

  

 Mean skilled birth attendants per facility (midwife)

3.5

Range

(3–4)

 

3.5

Range

(3–5)

  

Location of birth

 Health center 1

55/253

21.7

16.8–27.3

75/271

27.7

22.4–33.4

0.44

 Health center 2

95/253

37.5

31.6–43.8

93/271

34.3

28.7–40.3

0.64

 Health center 3

58/253

22.9

17.9–28.6

60/271

22.1

17.3–27.5

0.92

 Health center 4

45/253

17.8

13.3–23.1

43/271

15.9

11.7–20.8

0.81

Length of stay from birth to discharge at HF among livebirths

  ≤ 6:00 h

161/242

66.5

60.6–72.4

174/257

67.7

62.0–73.4

–

 6:00–12:00 h

61/242

25.2

19.7–30.7

67/257

26.1

20.7–31.5

–

  ≥ 12:01 h

20/242

8.3

4.8–11.7

16/257

6.2

3.3–9.2

–

Birth attendant

 Midwife

229/253

90.5

86.2–93.8

242/271

89.3

85.0–92.7

0.66

 Registered nurse

13/253

5.1

2.8–8.6

3/271

1.1

0.2–3.2

0.58

 Auxiliary nurse

9/253

3.6

1.6–6.6

23/271

8.5

5.4–12.5

0.62

 Community midwife

2/253

0.8

0.1–2.8

3/271

1.1

0.2–3.2

0.97

Maternal age

 15–18 years

23/253

9.1

5.9–13.3

16/271

5.9

3.4–9.4

0.20

 19–24 years

78/253

30.8

25.2–36.9

88/271

32.5

26.9–38.4

0.77

  ≥ 25 years

152/253

60.1

53.8–66.2

167/271

61.6

55.5–67.4

0.86

Gravidity

 Primigravida

50/253

19.8

15.0–25.2

39/271

14.4

10.4–19.1

0.17

 Two or more pregnancies

203/253

80.2

74.8–85.0

232/271

85.6

80.9–89.6

0.62

Antenatal care during this pregnancy

 None

31/253

12.2

8.5–16.9

32/271

11.8

8.2–16.2

0.96

 One to three ANC visits

181/253

71.5

65.5–77.0

196/271

72.3

66.6–77.6

0.87

 Four or more ANC visits

35/253

13.8

9.8–18.7

43/271

15.9

11.7–20.8

0.80

 Missing values

6/253

–

 

0/271

–

 

–

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