TABLE 1.
Variable names and item wording for Quality of Contraceptive Counseling (QCC-10) scale items by domain
| Variable name | Item wording |
|---|---|
| Information exchange (five items) | |
| personal | The provider asked me questions to provide counseling that fit me personally |
| info | I received all the information I wanted to know about my options for contraception |
| body_react | I understand how my body might react to using contraception |
| explain | I understand how to use method(s) we talked about during the consultation |
| opinion | I was able to give my opinion about what I needed |
| Interpersonal relations (three items) | |
| express_self | I felt encouraged to ask questions and express my concerns |
| no_interrupt | Provider tried to ensure there were no interruptions during our session |
| enough_time | The provider gave me the time to consider the contraceptive options |
| Disrespect and abuse (two items) | |
| prov_insist | I felt pressured by the provider to use the method they wanted me to usea |
| scold_marital | I felt scolded because of my marital statusa |
RESPONSE OPTIONS: “Completely agree” (coded as 4); “agree” (coded as 3); “disagree” (coded as 2); “completely disagree” (coded as 1). Response options for the two disrespect and abuse items and exact item wording for several items varied slightly from the original QCC-10 paper (Holt et al., 2022), given adjustments made by the Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) research teams to accommodate in-country preferences.
a
Items reverse scored with “completely agree” coded as 1 and “completely disagree” coded as 4; higher scores indicated higher quality counseling.