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Table 6 Bivariate Associations between Client and Provider Characteristics and Receipt of Respectful Maternity Care—Kigoma Region, Tanzania, April–July 2016 (Clients n = 935, Providers n = 249)

From: Patient and provider determinants for receipt of three dimensions of respectful maternity care in Kigoma Region, Tanzania-April-July, 2016

 

Respectful Maternity Care Dimension 1 – Friendliness, Comfort, and Attention

Respectful Maternity Care Dimension 2 – Information and Consent

Respectful Maternity Care Dimension 3 – Non-abuse and Kindness

Unadjusted Coefficient (95% CI)

P-value

Unadjusted Coefficient (95% CI)

P-value

Unadjusted Coefficient (95% CI)

P-value

Client level variables

Age in years

15 to 19 (reference)

 20 to 29

0.28 (−0.09−0.66)

0.142

−0.24 (−0.50−0.02)

0.074

0.05 (0.17−0.27)

0.652

 30 to 39

0.55 (0.13−0.97)

0.010

−0.27 (−0.56−0.02)

0.072

0.05 (−0.19−0.29)

0.688

 40 to 49

0.62 (−0.13−1.37)

0.105

−0.36 (−0.88−0.17)

0.181

−0.11 (−0.54−0.32)

0.616

 Don’t know

0.22 (−0.99−0.42)

0.727

0.33 (−0.51−1.17)

0.446

−0.83 (−1.52−-0.14)

0.019

Highest education attended

No education (reference)

 Primary

−0.06 (−0.41−0.30)

0.759

−0.31 (−0.56−[−0.07])

0.012

0.00 (−0.20−0.20)

0.997

 Secondary

−0.11 (−0.64−0.42)

0.691

0.05 (−0.31−0.42)

0.769

−0.12 (−0.42−0.18)

0.426

 College or University

0.44 (−0.66−1.53)

0.434

−0.34 (−1.09−0.40)

0.366

−0.35 (−0.97−0.27)

0.271

Literacy

Cannot read or write, or can read or write, but not both (reference)

 Can read and write

0.23 (−0.07−0.54)

0.134

−0.15 (−0.37−0.06)

0.158

0.09 (−0.09−0.26)

0.333

Socioeconomic status

Low wealth (reference)

 Low middle wealth

−0.37 (−0.82−0.07)

0.101

−0.17 (−0.48−0.14)

0.283

−0.06 (−0.31−0.20)

0.653

 Middle wealth

−0.28 (−0.72−0.16)

0.212

−0.16 (−0.46−0.15)

0.317

−0.09 (−0.34−0.16)

0.492

 High middle wealth

−0.25 (−0.69−0.18)

0.258

−0.34 (−0.64−[−0.04])

0.029

0.09 (−0.16−0.33)

0.485

 High wealth

−0.01 (−0.48−0.45)

0.954

−0.17 (−0.49−0.16)

0.312

0.03 (−0.22−0.28)

0.814

Total live births

0 to 2 (reference)

 3 or more

0.24 (−0.03−0.52)

0.082

−0.16 (−0.35−0.03)

0.097

0.06 (−0.10−0.21)

0.484

Marital status

Not in a union (reference)

 In a union

0.19 (−0.30−0.67)

0.448

−0.28 (−0.61−0.06)

0.106

0.24 (−0.03−0.52)

0.085

Frequency of attendance at religious services

Attends less often than weekly (reference)

 Attends at least weekly

0.28 (−0.12−0.69)

0.165

−0.39 (−0.67−0.12)

0.005

−0.07 (−0.30−0.16)

0.572

Companion in labor

No (reference)

 Yes

0.15 (−0.17−0.46)

0.360

0.45 (0.23−0.66)

0.000

0.15 (−0.01−0.32)

0.065

Companion at time of delivery

No (reference)

 Yes

−0.10 (−0.56−0.36)

0.675

0.31 (−0.01−0.63)

0.058

−0.12 (−0.37−0.13)

0.346

Self-reported delivery complications

No (reference)

 Yes

−0.53 (−0.95−[−0.12])

0.012

−0.11 (−0.41−0.18)

0.439

−0.29 (−0.53−[−0.05])

0.016

Provider-level variables

Age in years

20 to 29 (reference)

 30 to 39

−0.05 (−0.62−0.52)

0.868

−0.43 (−0.85−0.02)

0.041

0.17 (−0.07−0.41)

0.175

 40 to 49

−0.10 (−0.61−0.40)

0.687

−0.62 (−0.99−[−0.26])

0.001

0.13 (−0.08−0.35)

0.233

 50 or older

0.23 (−0.30−0.76)

0.393

−0.07 (−0.46−0.31)

0.700

0.40 (0.17−0.63)

0.001

Sex

Male (reference)

 Female

−0.31 (−0.72−0.10)

0.142

−0.21 (−0.51−0.10)

0.183

−0.09 (−0.27−0.09)

0.335

Highest education completed

Primary (reference)

 Secondary

−0.64 (−1.65−0.36)

0.211

0.03 (−0.71−0.77)

0.942

0.31 (−0.15−0.76)

0.185

 College/university

−0.49 (−1.46−0.48)

0.326

0.29 (−0.42−1.00)

0.426

0.15 (−0.29−0.59)

0.490

Cadre

Clinician (reference)

 Nurse/midwife

−0.52 (−1.11−0.08)

0.087

−0.15 (−0.60−0.29)

0.501

−0.24 (−0.51−0.04)

0.091

 Other staff

0.36 (−0.31−1.02)

0.290

0.13 (−0.37−0.64)

0.600

−0.29 (−0.60−0.02)

0.064

 Years in cadre

0.01 (−0.01−0.03)

0.360

−0.01 (−0.02−0.01)

0.245

0.01 (−0.00−0.02)

0.119

 Years at the facility

0.01 (−0.01−0.03)

0.200

−0.00 (−0.02−0.01)

0.824

0.01 (−0.00−0.02)

0.105

 Work hours per week

0.01 (−0.00−0.02)

0.140

0.02 (0.01−0.03)

0.000

−0.00 (−0.01−0.00)

0.114

 Delivery ever-training summative index, possible range 0 to 25

−0.04 (−0.08−[−0.01])

0.025

−0.00 (−0.03−0.03)

0.998

0.01 (−0.00−0.03)

0.097

 Delivery pre-service summative index, possible range 0 to 25

−0.03 (−0.06−0.00)

0.034

0.00 (−0.02−0.02)

0.650

0.00 (−0.01−0.01)

0.624

 Delivery in-service summative index, possible range 0 to 25

−0.01 (−0.04−0.01)

0.352

−0.01 (−0.03−0.01)

0.302

0.01 (0.00−0.02)

0.046

 Recent delivery practice summative index, (in last 3 months), possible range 0 to 25

−0.07(−0.11−[−0.03])

0.000

0.00 (−0.03−0.03)

0.831

0.01 (−0.00−0.03)

0.124

Number of deliveries attended in last month

1 to 10 (reference)

 11 to 20

−0.65 (−1.11−[−0.20])

0.005

−0.26 (−0.61−0.08)

0.129

0.03 (−0.17−0.23)

0.794

 21 to 30

−0.34 (−1.26−0.57)

0.462

−0.06 (−0.75−0.63)

0.861

−0.05 (−0.45−0.35)

0.821

 More than 30

−0.82 (−1.71−0.08)

0.074

0.60 (−0.07−1.27)

0.080

−0.37 (−0.76−0.03)

0.066

 Don’t know

−0.10 (−0.93−0.73)

0.814

−0.20 (−0.82−0.43)

0.535

0.06 (−0.31−0.42)

0.766

Recent complications summative index (in Last 1 Month)

0 of 4 types of complications dealt with: postpartum hemorrhage, eclampsia, obstructed labor, puerperal sepsis (reference)

 1 of 4

−0.21 (−0.71−0.28)

0.402

−0.06 (−0.44−0.32)

0.750

0.02 (−0.21−0.25)

0.874

 2 of 4

−0.89 (−1.44−[−0.35])

0.001

−0.32 (−0.74−0.10)

0.134

−0.17 (−0.41−0.08)

0.186

 3 of 4

−0.68 (−1.28−[−0.09])

0.025

−0.18 (−0.64−0.28)

0.438

−0.02 (−0.29−0.25)

0.858

 4 of 4

−1.06 (−1.75−[−0.36])

0.003

−0.39 (−0.92−0.15)

0.159

0.18 (−0.13−0.48)

0.260

Access to electronic mentoring opportunities

Access to 0 of 3 types of electronic mentoring: emergency call system, e-learning, teleconference (reference)

 Access to 1 type

−0.10 (−0.57−0.36)

0.664

−0.00 (−0.35−0.35)

0.994

0.13 (−0.07−0.34)

0.198

 Access to 2 types

−0.35 (−0.92−0.22)

0.227

−0.03 (−0.45−0.40)

0.903

0.37 (0.12−0.62)

0.004

 Access to 3 types

−0.92 (−1.53− −0.30)

0.003

0.43 (−0.03−0.89)

0.068

0.22 (−0.05−0.49)

0.111

Perception in-service training has helped job performance

No (reference)

 Yes

−0.69 (−1.32−[−0.06])

0.033

−0.34 (−0.81−0.13)

0.157

0.13 (−0.16−0.42)

0.384

Job satisfaction

Very dissatisfied (reference)

 A little dissatisfied

−0.07 (−0.68−0.54)

0.820

−0.03 (−0.49−0.42)

0.895

−0.05 (−0.32−0.22)

0.707

 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

−0.16 (−0.93−0.61)

0.682

−0.40 (−0.97−0.17)

0.165

0.02 (−0.33−0.37)

0.916

 A little satisfied

−0.45 (−1.06−0.15)

0.142

−0.22 (−0.67−0.23)

0.334

0.06 (−0.21−0.32)

0.680

 Very satisfied

−0.09 (−0.83−0.65)

0.814

0.10 (−0.45−0.65)

0.730

0.15 (−0.18−0.48)

0.379

Perception paid fairly for job duties

No (reference)

 Yes

0.57 (0.07−1.07)

0.027

0.46 (0.08−0.83)

0.016

−0.06 (−0.29−0.16)

0.584

Perception of adequacy of training for job duties

No (reference)

 Yes

−0.02 (−0.44−0.40)

0.925

−0.16 (−0.47−0.15)

0.310

0.02 (−0.16−0.21)

0.810

Has an on-site supervisor

No (reference)

 Yes

0.07 (−0.35−0.49)

0.732

−0.17 (−0.48−0.14)

0.292

−0.05 (−0.24−0.14)

0.599

 Clinical knowledge test score

−0.63 (−2.06−0.81)

0.392

−0.31 (−1.38−0.76)

0.568

0.41 (−0.23−1.05)

0.211

  1. NOTE: CI Confidence Intervals