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Table 3 Care and provider at each provider-to-woman contact point

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

Care provided

Nurse-Midwives

Residents

Intern

Visiting doctors

Multiple cadres

Othersf

Total

FHRa assessments

22(25.9)

34(40.0)

9(10.6)

17(20.0)

3(3.5)

0(0.0)

85

VEa,b

65(45.5)

59(41.3)

8(5.6)

3(2.1)

2(1.4)

5(3.5)

143e

FHR and VEa

47(25.7)

67(36.6)

23(12.6)

27(14.8)

15(8.2)

3(1.6)

183e

Other labour carec

43(37.1)

37(31.9)

13(11.2)

5(4.3)

9(7.8)

9(7.8)

116

Conducting deliveryd

94 (58.4)

40 (24.8)

6 (3.7)

10 (6.2)

11(6.8)

161

  1. Values are given as number (percentage) or number
  2. Abbreviations: FHR Foetal Heart Rate, VE vaginal examination,
  3. a Alone or with other labour care
  4. b Only VE for first stage of labour included
  5. c This mostly consisted of: IV fluids/drugs administration, urinary catheterisation and blood pressure measurement
  6. d Only main person conducting delivery was recorded
  7. e One examination in which cadre was not recorded
  8. f Nurse students except for one delivery by a cleaner