Quality of intrapartum care: direct observations in a low-resource tertiary hospital

Table 2 Cadre of staff, women and equipment available per shift

	Type of shift			p-value
	Morning	Evening	Night	p-value
Number of birth attendants per hour	5.9(1.35)	4.0(1.2)	3.4(0.82)	0.001*
Nurse-midwives	2.6(0.70)	2.2(0.55)	2.2(0.44)	0.36
Resident doctors	1.4(0.60)	1.0(0.64)	0.8(0.4)	0.18
Intern doctors	1.2(0.68)	0.6(0.48)	0.4(0.46)	0.02*
Seniors (doctor)	0.8(0.63)	0.2(0.26)	0.0(0.07)	0.002*
Foetal heart rate devices per shift	7.8(1.83)	6.8(1.69)	7(1.55)	0.37
Pinard stethoscope	2.2(1.0)	2.7(0.68)	2.5(0.84)	0.47
DeLee stethoscope	2.7(1.0)	1.8(0.79)	2.3(1.2)	0.25
Hand-held Doppler	1.1(1.05)	0.5(1.3)	0.2(0.41)	0.23
Mobile Ultrasound	2.0(0.0)	1.8(0.42)	2.0(0.0)	0.22
Labouring women per hour	9.0(2.92)	9.3(2.31)	8.6(2.25)	0.89

Values are given as mean (standard deviation)
*Significant level at 0.05: there were less senior doctors in the evening and night, and less intern doctors at night compared to morning shifts

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