Improving health worker performance of abortion services: an assessment of post-training support to providers in India, Nepal and Nigeria

Table 5 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for abortion provider performance: Consistent number of abortions provided

	Bivariate associations (n = 3330)						Adjusted odds ratios (n = 3194)
	Consistent = No		Consistent = Yes		OR	95% CI¹	AOR^a	95% CI¹
Site Characteristics	n	(%)	n	(%)
Site level
Primary	974	41%	1425	59%	Ref		Ref
Secondary	258	33%	533	67%	1.41	(1.19, 1.67)***	1.25	(0.99, 1.58)
Tertiary	45	32%	95	68%	1.44	(1.00, 2.08)*	1.02	(0.48, 2.14)
Community outreach with abortion information
Yes	361	36%	633	64%	1.13	(0.97, 1.32)	1.33	(1.10, 1.60)**
No	871	39%	1348	61%	Ref		Ref
Provider Characteristics
Fiscal year trained
FY 2012	400	43%	530	57%	Ref		Ref
FY 2013	271	30%	627	70%	1.80	(1.49, 2.18)***	2.02	(1.63, 2.49)***
FY 2014	262	38%	434	62%	1.29	(1.06, 1.58)*	1.25	(0.99, 1.57)
FY 2015	331	42%	462	58%	1.09	(0.90, 1.32)	0.99	(0.80, 1.23)
Any prior uterine evacuation experience
Yes	305	29%	746	71%	1.81	(1.54, 2.11)***	1.68	(1.38, 2.04)***
No	954	42%	1292	58%	Ref		Ref
Any other Ipas-trained providers at site
Yes	399	40%	610	60%	0.93	(0.80, 1.08)	0.85	(0.68, 1.06)
No	878	38%	1443	62%	Ref		Ref
Provider Support
Total in-person, post-training contacts (Mean, SD)	(2.9, 2.0)		(3.7, 2.3)		1.20	(1.16, 1.25)***	1.28	(1.22, 1.35)***
Total non-in-person, post-training contacts (Mean, SD)	(2.3, 2.0)		(2.3, 1.9)		0.99	(0.96, 1.03)	0.93	(0.89, 0.98)**

^aAdjusted odds ratios control for country variations, an interaction term identifying Indian providers who performed UE at secondary sites, and are clustered on facilities
¹Significant at the following levels: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001

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