The impact of having a dedicated obstetrics and gynecology resident to provide contraceptive counseling on immediate postpartum family planning uptake: a “pre–post” study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all mothers who delivered during the months of May and June (2021)

Characteristics	May No dedicated resident		June + Dedicated resident		Increment	Total
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	%	n	%
Immediate PPFP Status
Didn’t use	768	84.6	618	79.6	− 19.5	1386	82.3
Used	140	15.4	158	20.4	12.9	298	17.7
Date of PPFP uptake
Weekday	123	13.5	154	19.9	25.2	277	16.5
Weekend and Holiday	17	1.9	3	0.4	− 82.4	20	1.2
Didn’t use	768	84.6	618	79.7	− 19.5	1386	82.4
Type of PPFP client
New client	88	9.7	101	13.0	14.8	189	11.2
Returning client	52	5.7	56	7.2	7.7	108	6.4
Type of family planning method used
Implanon NXT	121	13.3	126	16.2	4.1	247	14.7
Jadelle	18	2.0	24	3.1	33.3	42	2.5
IUD	1	0.1	5	0.6	400	6	0.4
BTL	0	0	3	0.4	–	3	0.2
Mode of delivery
Vaginal	483	53.3	342	44.3	− 29.2	825	49.2
Instrument	36	4.0	20	2.6	− 44.4	56	3.3
CS	387	42.7	410	53.1	5.9	797	47.5
Address
Addis Ababa	470	52.0	461	59.6	− 1.9	931	55.5
Outside of Addis Ababa	434	48.0	313	40.4	− 27.9	747	44.5
Age
Mean	26.5 (17–42)		26.9 (17–43)			26.7

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