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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by type of birth, stratified by usual care and PPA group, Adequate Birth Project, Brazil, 2017/2018

From: Quality improvement of childbirth care (Adequate Birth Project) and the assessment of women’s birth experience in Brazil: a structural equation modelling of a cross-sectional research

Vaginal

 

Total (n = 937)

Usual care (n = 214)

PPA (n = 723)

p-value

% (CI 95%)

% (CI 95%)

% (CI 95%)

Woman's age (n = 937)

 14–19 years

2.6 (1.7–3.7)

1.3 (0.4–4.0)

3.0 (0.2–4.3)

0.015

 20–34 years

69.6 (65.9–73.0)

62.7 (54.7–70.0)

71.6 (67.5–75.4)

 35 or more years

27.8 (24.5–31.4)

36.0 (28.7–43.9)

25.4 (21.7–29.4)

Woman’s education (n = 937)

 

 Complete and incomplete high school

29.3 (26.7–32.0)

27.3 (21.58–33.9)

29.8 (26.8–33.1)

0.497

 Complete and incomplete higher education

70.6 (67.9–73.2)

72.7 (66.0–78.4)

70.1 (66.8–73.1)

Economic status (n = 935)

 

 A

18.5 (16.3–20.9)

11.2 (7.6–16.2)

20.7 (18.7–23.6)

0.018

 B

50.1 (47.5–54.7)

54.1 (46.3–61.7)

50.3 (46.1–54.4)

 

 C/D

30.2 (27.2–33.4)

34.6 (27.5–42.4)

28.9 (25.4–32.7)

Parity

 

 Primiparous

61.7 (57.9–65.2)

28.7 (22.7–35.3)

71.4 (57.9–65.2)

< 0.001

 Multiparous

38.3 (34.7–42.0)

71.3 (64.6–77.2)

28.5 (24.9–32.4)

Previous caesarean section (n = 925)

 

 No

90.1 (87.4–92.1)

64.2 (56.3–71.3)

97.7 (96.6–98.4)

< 0.001

 Yes

9.9 (7.8–12.5)

35.8 (28.6–43.6)

2.3 (1.5–3.4)

 

Access to information (n = 937)

 

 Less than 3 information

18.5 (16.0–21.2)

16.1 (11.6–21.7)

19.3 (16.3–22.5)

0.313

 More than 4 information

81.5 (78.7–83.9)

83.9 (78.2–88.3)

80.7 (77.4–83.6)

Pregnancy complication (n = 937)

 

 No

85.6 (82.7–88.0)

81.2 (73.9–86.7)

86.9 (83.8–89.5)

0.077

 Yes

14.4 (11.9–17.2)

18.8 (13.2–26.0)

13.1 (10.4–16.3)

Preference type of birth early pregnancy (n = 937)

 

 No

7.2 (5.5–9.2)

7.4 (4.5–11.7)

7.1(5.3–9.6)

0.922

 Yes

92.8 (90.7–94.4)

92.6 (88.2–95.4)

92.8 (90.3–94.6)

 

Planned pregnancy (n = 936)

 

 No

40.9 (37.4–44.5)

43.7 (36.4–51.2)

40.1 (36.1–44.2)

0.416

 Yes

59.1 (55.4–62.5)

56.3 (48.8–63.5)

59.9 (48.8–63.5)

Incentive to birth plan (n = 937)

 

 No

72.9 (23.9–30.5)

63.5 (55.7–70.5)

75.7 (71.8–79.1)

0.002

 Yes

27.1 (23.9–30.5)

36.5 (29.4–44.2)

24.3 (20.8–28.1)

Antenatal group (n = 936)

 

 No

65.2 (61.6–68.5)

67.9 (60.6–74.4)

64.3 (60.2–68.2)

0.398

 Yes

34.8 (31.4–38.3)

32.1 (25.6–39.3)

35.6 (31.7–39.7)

Oriented to Seek Maternity PPA (n = 937)

 

 No

88.6 (86.3–90.5)

87.9 (83.6–91.2)

88.9 (86.0–91.0)

0.702

 Yes

11.4 (9.4–13.6)

12.1 (8.7–16.3)

11.1 (8.9–13.9)

Participation in decision (n = 931)

 

 Excellent/Good

94.9 (92.7–96.4)

94.6 (89.4–97.3)

95.1 (92.4–96.7)

0.847

 Fair/Bad/Terrible

5.1 (3.5–7.2)

5.4 (2.7–10.5)

4.9 (3.2–7.5)

Respectful treatment (n = 934)

 

 Excellent/Good

96.4 (94.4–97.6)

93.8 (88.8–96.6)

97.1 (94.9–98.3)

0.062

 Fair/Bad/Terrible

3.6 (23.8–55.3)

6.2 (3.4–11.1)

2.9 (1.6–5.0)

 

Satisfaction with childbirth (n = 934)

 

 Excellent/Good

97.7 (96.1–98.6)

97.4 (94.0–98.8)

97.8 (95.8–98.8)

0.752

 Fair/Bad/Terrible

2.3 (13.7–3.8)

2.6 (1.1–5.9)

2.2 (1.1–4.1)

Satisfaction with baby care (n = 929)

 

 Excellent/Good

98.1 (96.5–98.9)

96.8 (92.1–98.7)

98.5 (96.6–99.3)

0.238

 Fair/Bad/Terrible

1.9 (1.0–3.4)

3.1 (1.2–7.8)

1.5 (0.7–3.3)

 

Caesarean-section

 

Total (n = 1411)

Usual care (n = 533)

PPA (n = 878)

 

Woman’s age (n = 1411)

 14–19 years

1.6 (1.0–2.4)

0.3 (0.1–0.11)

2.4 (1.5–3.7)

0.001

 20–34 years

69.4 (66.5–72.2)

66.4 (61.7–70.7)

71.4 (67.5–74.9)

 35 or more years

29.0 (26.1–31.8)

33.3 (28.9–37.9)

26.2 (22.7–30.0)

Woman’s education (n = 1411)

 Complete or incomplete high school

23.1 (21.1–25.1)

22.9 (19.5–26.5)

23.2 (20.6–25.9)

0.878

 Complete and incomplete higher education

76.9 (74.8–78.8)

77.1 (73.4–80.4)

76.7 (74.0–79.3)

 

Economic status (n = 1411)

 A

15.9 (14.0–17.8)

16.6 (13.4–20.1)

15.5 (13.2–17.9)

0.160

 B

56.1 (53.1–58.9)

52.5 (47.7–57.2)

58.3 (54.3–62.0)

 C/D

28.0 (25.5–30.6)

30.9 (26.6–35.5)

26.2 (22.9–29.8)

Parity

 Primipara

72.9 (70.1–75.4)

45.3 (40.7–50.0)

89.7 (87.4–91.4)

< 0.001

 Multiparous

27.1 (24.5–29.8)

54.7 (50.0–59.2)

10.3 (8.5–12.5)

Previous caesarean section

 No

80.0 (77.4–82.3)

55.5 (50.7–60.2)

94.9 (93.5–96.0)

< 0.001

 Yes

20.0 (17.6–22.5)

44.5 (39.7–49.2)

8.1 (4.0–6.4)

 

Access to information (n = 1411)

 Less than 3 information

22.5 (20.2–24.9)

19.5 (16.0–23.3)

24.3 (21.4–27.5)

0.051

 More than 4 information

77.4 (75.1–79.7)

80.5 (76.6–83.9)

75.6 (72.4–78.5)

Pregnancy complication (n = 1411)

 No

72.2 (69.4–74.8)

68.9 (64.1–73.2)

74.3 (70.8–77.5)

0.055

 Yes

27.7 (25.1–30.5)

31.1 (26.7–35.8)

25.7 (22.4–29.1)

Preference type of birth early pregnancy (n = 1411)

 No

9.1 (7.4–11.0)

9.1 (6.7–12.2)

9.0 (7.0–11.6)

0.972

 Yes

90.9 (92.5–92.5)

90.9 (87.7–93.2)

91.0 (88.3–92.9)

Planned pregnancy (n = 1411)

 No

35.1 (32.3–37.9)

36.8 (32.3–41.4)

34.1 (30.6–37.7)

0.369

 Yes

64.8 (62.0–67.6)

63.2 (58.5–67.6)

65.9 (62.2–69.3)

Incentive to birth plan (n = 1411)

 No

82.3 (79.8–84.5)

83.0 (79.1–86.2)

81.9 (78.6–84.8)

0.686

 Yes

17.6 (15.4–20.1)

17.0 (13.7–20.9)

18.0 (15.1–21.3)

Antenatal group (n = 1411)

 No

64.4 (61.4–67.3)

66.6 (62.0–70.8)

63.1 (59.1–66.8)

0.245

 Yes

35.6 (32.7–38.5)

33.4 (29.1–37.9)

36.9 (33.1–40.8)

Oriented to Seek Maternity PPA (n = 1410)

 No

91.0 (89.2–92.5)

89.7 (86.7–92.0)

91.8 (89.5–93.6)

0.197

 Yes

9.0 (7.4–10.7)

10.3 (7.9–13.2)

8.2 (6.3–10.4)

 Moment that Cesarean was decided

 Antenatal care

40.3 (37.3–43.3)

55.4 (50.5–60.1)

31.1 (27.5–34.9)

< 0.001

 During hospitalization due

10.6 (8.9–12.6)

9.4 (6.8–12.8)

11.3 (9.2–13.8)

 Complication

14.9 (12.8–17.3)

13.1 (9.9–17.0)

16.1 (13.4–19.2)

 

 Admission at delivery room

34.1 (31.2–37.1)

22.0 (18.3–26.3)

41.4 (37.5–45.4)

Participation in decision (n = 1402)

 No

94.0 (92.5–95.1)

94.1 (91.4–95.9)

94.0 (92.5–95.1)

0.917

 Yes

6.0 (4.8–7.4)

5.9 (4.0–8.5)

6.0 (4.8–7.4)

Respectful treatment (n = 1405)

 Excellent/Good

96.5 (95.3–97.3)

97.0 (95.2–98.2)

96.1 (94.4–97.3)

0.384

 Fair/Bad/Terrible

3.5 (2.6–4.6)

3.0 (1.7–4.8)

3.9 (2.6–5.5)

Satisfaction with childbirth (n = 1405)

 Excellent/Good

96.9 (95.8–97.7)

97.3 (95.3–98.4)

96.9 (95.2–97.7)

0.579

 Fair/Bad/Terrible

3.0 (2.2–4.1)

2.7 (1.5–4.6)

3.1 (2.2–4.7)

Satisfaction with baby care (n = 1398)

 Excellent/Good

97.9 (96.9–98.5)

97.4 (95.7–98.4)

98.2 (96.8–99.0)

0.336

 Fair/Bad/Terrible

2.1 (1.4–3.1)

2.6 (1.5–4.3)

1.8 (0.1–3.1)

 
  1. Bold indicates the significant values p-value < 0.05