The effect of national antenatal care guidelines and provider training on obstetric danger sign counselling: a propensity score matching analysis of the 2014 Ethiopia service provision assessment plus survey

Yeneabat, Tebikew; Hayen, Andrew; Getachew, Theodros; Dawson, Angela

doi:10.1186/s12978-022-01442-6

Reproductive Health

Table 2 Comparison of the standardised differences of baseline characteristics before and after matching for facility-level availability of the national ANC guideline

From: The effect of national antenatal care guidelines and provider training on obstetric danger sign counselling: a propensity score matching analysis of the 2014 Ethiopia service provision assessment plus survey

Variable	Unmatched	Per cent (%)		Bias (%)	Reduced bias (%)	t-test
Variable	Matched	Treated	Control	Bias (%)	Reduced bias (%)	t	p
Age category in years: 15–20	Unmatched	21.1	25.3	− 10.0	88.9	− 2.04	0.042
Age category in years: 15–20	Matched	23.5	24.0	− 1.1	88.9	− 0.20	0.844
21–25	Unmatched	33.0	31.0	4.3	− 55.7	0.89	0.376
21–25	Matched	34.5	31.4	6.7	− 55.7	1.19	0.234
26–30	Unmatched	34.1	30.2	8.4	0.1	1.73	0.085
26–30	Matched	28.7	32.7	− 8.3	0.1	− 1.52	0.129
≥30	Unmatched	11.7	13.5	− 5.2	26.9	− 1.05	0.293
≥30	Matched	13.2	11.9	3.8	26.9	0.68	0.499
Ever attended school	Unmatched	71.7	66.5	11.3	78.9	2.30	0.021
Ever attended school	Matched	69.5	68.4	2.4	78.9	0.42	0.672
Gestational age: First trimester	Unmatched	7.3	5.7	6.2	79.5	1.28	0.200
Gestational age: First trimester	Matched	5.7	5.3	1.3	79.5	0.25	0.806
Second trimester	Unmatched	35.7	37.2	− 3.2	− 50.6	− 0.66	0.507
Second trimester	Matched	35.3	37.7	− 4.9	− 50.6	− 0.87	0.383
Third trimester	Unmatched	57.1	57.0	0.1	− 6040.7	0.01	0.989
Third trimester	Matched	59.0	57.0	4.1	− 6040.7	0.74	0.461
First-time pregnancy	Unmatched	33.7	33.9	− 0.6	− 698.4	− 0.13	0.899
First-time pregnancy	Matched	36.6	34.2	5.0	− 698.4	0.88	0.380
ANC visit is first	Unmatched	44.3	47.1	− 5.6	55.0	− 1.15	0.252
ANC visit is first	Matched	44.1	45.4	− 2.5	55.0	− 0.45	0.652
Facility is urban	Unmatched	83.4	70.7	30.4	97.5	6.12	0.000
Facility is urban	Matched	81.3	81.0	0.8	97.5	0.14	0.886
The facility owner is government	Unmatched	87.1	82.4	13.3	50.5	2.68	0.007
The facility owner is government	Matched	85.9	88.2	− 6.6	50.5	− 1.25	0.211
Facility is hospital or health centre	Unmatched	97.1	95.6	7.6	55.8	1.53	0.127
Facility is hospital or health centre	Matched	96.9	97.5	− 3.4	55.8	− 0.68	0.499
Facility is supervised at the zonal level	Unmatched	47.9	55.4	− 15.3	85.6	− 3.13	0.002
Facility is supervised at the zonal level	Matched	53.2	52.1	2.2	85.6	0.39	0.695
ANC provider is Nurse or Midwife	Unmatched	87.1	83.8	9.6	95.3	1.94	0.052
ANC provider is Nurse or Midwife	Matched	85.9	85.7	0.4	95.3	0.08	0.936
HMIS is available	Unmatched	97.2	93.5	17.8	95.8	3.52	0.000
HMIS is available	Matched	96.9	96.7	0.7	95.8	0.16	0.874

Back to article page

ISSN: 1742-4755

Contact us

General enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com