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

Table 6 Treatments received for induced abortion complications

Variable	Before intervention n (%)	After intervention n (%)	Change % (CI95%)*	p*
MVA
Intervention hospitals	101 (24.8%)	133 (57.1%)	+ 32.4% (+ 7.3 à + 57.5%)	0.017^t
Control hospitals	104 (15.4%)	103 (18.5%)	+ 3.1% (− 9.2 à + 15.3)	0.585^t
Difference			+ 29.3% (+ 4.2 à + 54.5%)	0.025^t
Dilatation and curettage
Intervention hospitals	113 (66.4%)	150 (38.0%)	− 28.4% (− 52.0 à − 4.7%)	0.024^t
Control hospitals	140 (64.3%)	114 (55.3%)	− 9.0% (− 24.9 à + 6.9)	0.233^t
Difference			− 19.4% (− 45.1 à + 6.4)	0.132^t

With IC = confidence interval; n = number of subjects; p = p-value; ^t = t test; MVA = Manual Vacuum Aspiration; * = clustered robust standard errors (cluster = structure)

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