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Table 5 Factors associated with “high satisfaction” of medical abortion

From: Comparative satisfaction of receiving medical abortion service from nurses and auxiliary nurse-midwives or doctors in Nepal: results of a randomized trial

 

Percent

Number

OR

95% C.I.

Age

  < 25

35.9

306

1.00

 

 25–34

36.2

550

0.98

0.68–1.40

 35+

40.4

171

1.19

0.74–1.90

Marital status

 Married or cohabiting

37.1

1008

1.00

 

 Separated/divorced/widowed/single

21.1

19

0.46

0.14–1.58

Education

 Never attended/primary incomplete

37.8

299

1.00

 

 Primary to Lower secondary

36.1

321

1.06

0.73–1.54

 Secondary or more

36.6

407

0.99

0.68–1.46

Occupation

 Housewife

35.9

750

1.00

 

 Manual laborer/farmer

36.8

114

0.87

0.55–1.38

 Professional

44.6

92

1.23

0.74–2.03

 Student/Others

36.6

71

1.04

0.51–2.13

Live births

 Nulliparae

35.0

100

1.00

 

 Multiparae

37.0

927

0.89

0.46–1.71

Previous induced surgical abortion

 No

36.3

763

1.00

 

 Yes

38.3

264

1.05

0.75–1.45

Gestational age

*

   

 5–7 weeks

34.8

725

1.00

 

 8–9 weeks

41.7

302

1.43*

1.06-1.92

More than expected pain

 Yes

33.5

194

1.00

 

 No

37.6

833

1.14

0.79–1.65

More than expected amount of bleeding

**

   

 Yes

29.3

280

1.00

 

 No

39.6

747

1.54*

1.06-2.23

Longer than expected duration of abortion process

*

   

 Yes

20.6

34

1.00

 

 No

37.4

993

1.52*

0.62–3.73

Duration of bleeding

***

   

 Too long

20.7

58

1.00

 

 Long but acceptable

34.2

243

1.22

0.58–2.57

 As expected

37.1

677

1.56

0.75–3.28

 Shorter than expected or less

65.3

49

3.73**

1.42–9.77

Treatment of symptoms by women

***

   

 No

22.0

209

1.00

 

 Yes

40.6

818

2.00***

1.34-2.98

Type of Provider

 Doctors

35.2

512

1.00

 

 Nurses/ANMs

38.4

515

0.92

0.67–1.26

Provider’s age

***

   

 24–34

14.7

190

1.00

 

 35–44

37.1

256

3.97***

2.29-6.90

 45+

43.9

581

5.06***

3.00-8.54

Experience of abortion services of provider

  < 2 years

33.5

319

1.00

 

 2+

38.3

708

0.74

0.52–1.07

Preference for female provider

***

   

 Yes

30.1

657

1.00

 

 No

48.6

370

1.70***

1.28-2.27

Total

36.8

1027

0.03

 

-2 Log likelihood

  

1211.68

 

Cox & Snell R Square

  

0.13

 

Nagelkerke R Square

  

0.17

 
  1. ***Significant at P ≤ 0.001, **significant at P ≤ 0.01, and *significant at P ≤ 0.05