Effects of implementing a postabortion care strategy in Kinshasa referral hospitals, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Table 5 Patients with a complication of induced abortion admitted for postabortion care during the period before and after the implementation of the PAC strategy

Variable	Before intervention n (%)	After intervention n (%)	Change % (95% CI95)*	p*
GO emergencies
Intervention hospitals	1322 (10.1%)	1470 (13.6%)	+ 3.5% (− 3.4 à + 10.4%)	0.284^t
Control hospitals	1625 (10.9%)	1246 (11.0%)	+ 0.1% (− 3.5 à + 3.7%)	0.950^t
Difference			+ 3.4% (− 3.6 à + 10.4%)	0.328^t
Pelviperitonitis
Intervention hospitals	120 (5.0%)	168 (2.4%)	− 2.6% (− 7.9 à + 2.7%)	0.297^t
Control hospitals	134 (9.7%)	125 (7.2%)	− 2.5% (− 9.8 à + 4.8%)	0.461^t
Difference			− 0.1% (− 8.3 à + 8.1%)	0.976^t
Hemorrhage, sepsis, endometritis, or pelvic abscess
Intervention hospitals	120 (95.0%)	168 (97.6%)	+ 2.6% (− 2.7 à + 7.9%)	0.297^t
Control hospitals	134 (90.3%)	125 (92.8%)	+ 2.5% (− 4.8 à + 9.8%)	0.461^t
Difference			+ 0.1% (− 8.1 à + 8.3%)	0.976^t

With IC = confidence interval; n = number of subjects; p = p-value; ^t = t test; GO = gynecology and obstetrics; * = clustered robust standard errors (cluster = structure)

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