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Table 3 Participants’ perceptions of RMC and mistreatment before and after the training (survey finding)

From: Lessons learned through respectful maternity care training and its implementation in Ethiopia: an interventional mixed methods study

Providers’ perception of RMC and mistreatment

Pre-training

Post-training

p-value for Exact McNemar’s test

Disagree

Agree

It is not possible for nurses and doctors to change the way things are done in the labour room unless directed by managers

Disagree

47

6

1.00

Agree

5

6

It is sometimes necessary for health service providers to yell at a woman during labour

Disagree

42

8

1.00

Agree

9

5

Ethiopian women understand that health service providers sometimes have to be harsh for the woman’s own good

Disagree

36

10

0.54

Agree

14

4

Husbands should not be allowed in the labour room during the birth of their children

Disagree

34

11

0.84

Agree

13

6

It is sometimes necessary for health service providers to slap a woman during labour

Disagree

54

3

0.73

Agree

5

2

It is not necessary to ask for verbal consent from a labouring woman before conducting a vaginal examination

Disagree

48

6

0.61

Agree

9

1

It is not always possible to screen women to ensure privacy when they are giving birth

Disagree

55

3

1.00

Agree

3

3

Ethiopian women do not want to have a companion of their choice with them when they give birth

Disagree

35

8

0.51

Agree

12

9