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Table 6 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for abortion provider performance: Provision of high-quality services

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

 

Bivariate associations (n = 3471)

Adjusted odds ratios (n = 3322)

High Quality = No

High Quality = Yes

OR

95% CI1

AORa

95% CI1

Site Characteristics

n

(%)

n

(%)

    

 Site level

  Primary

1298

52%

1211

48%

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Secondary

467

57%

352

43%

0.81

(0.69, 0.95)**

0.78

(0.62, 0.99)*

  Tertiary

105

73%

38

27%

0.39

(0.27, 0.57)***

0.29

(0.10, 0.87)*

 Community outreach with abortion information

  Yes

486

47%

540

53%

1.40

(1.21, 1.63)***

1.46

(1.21, 1.75)***

  No

1294

56%

1024

44%

Ref

 

Ref

 

Provider Characteristics

 Fiscal year trained

  FY 2012

563

58%

415

42%

Ref

 

Ref

 

  FY 2013

470

51%

458

49%

1.35

(1.13, 1.62)**

1.30

(1.05, 1.61)*

  FY 2014

364

50%

358

50%

1.36

(1.12, 1.65)**

1.17

(0.94, 1.47)

  FY 2015

459

55%

369

45%

1.12

(0.93, 1.34)

1.01

(0.82, 1.26)

 Any prior uterine evacuation experience

  Yes

669

62%

412

38%

0.61

(0.53, 0.71)***

0.74

(0.61, 0.90)**

  No

1172

50%

1181

50%

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Any other Ipas-trained providers at site

  Yes

548

52%

506

48%

1.11

(0.96, 1.29)

1.56

(1.25, 1.95)***

  No

1322

55%

1095

45%

Ref

 

Ref

 

Provider Support

 Total in-person, post-training contacts (Mean, SD)

(3.5, 2.4)

 

(3.3, 2.1)

 

0.97

(0.94, 1.00)*

1.00

(0.96, 1.05)

 Total non-in-person, post-training contacts (Mean, SD)

(2.3, 2.0)

 

(2.3, 1.9)

 

1.01

(0.97, 1.04)

0.95

(0.91, 1.00)*

  1. aAdjusted odds ratios control for country variations, an interaction term identifying Indian providers who performed UE at secondary sites, and are clustered on facilities
  2. 1Significant at the following levels: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001