Table 3.
Community practices and support towards obstetric emergency management by County
| Community practices | County | Significance (z- test p-value) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rujumbura | Rubabo | ||||
| n = 238 | n = 210 | ||||
| % | % | ||||
| Interventions before women develop obstetric emergencies | |||||
| Conducting planning for support to give women | 7.1 | 6.7 | 0.843 | ||
| Identification of transportation means to be used for women |
19.8 | 25.4 | 0.164 | ||
| Sensitization of women on those conditions | 5.0 | 4.8 | 0.891 | ||
| Intervention when woman develops obstetric emergency | |||||
| Taking her to health facility using stretcher | 61.3 | 61.4 | 0.985 | ||
| Taking her to the traditional healer | 11.8 | 11.9 | 0.963 | ||
| Referring her to health facility | 32.4 | 41.4 | 0.047* | ||
| Mobilizing money to support her | 14.3 | 18.1 | 0.273 | ||
| Contacting the ambulance at health facility | 1.7 | 5.2 | 0.030* | ||
| Support programmes | Rujumbura | Rubabo | Total | ||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Community health insurance | 7 | 9.3 | 8 | 10.1 | 15 |
| Women development associations | 11 | 14.7 | 6 | 7.6 | 17 |
| Community zone saving and credit schemes | 41 | 54.7 | 46 | 58.2 | 87 |
| Community associations | 12 | 16.0 | 10 | 12.7 | 22 |
| Zone/Engozi/burial groups | 4 | 5.3 | 9 | 11.4 | 13 |
| Distance | Rujumbura | Rubabo | Overall | ||
| Distance to nearest health facility | |||||
| Mean distance in km | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | ||
| Standard deviation | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| Range for distance | 0.5-10.0 | 0.2-30.0 | 0.2-30.0 | ||
| Distance to nearest maternity health facility§ | |||||
| Mean distance in km | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.0 | ||
| Standard deviation | 3.8 | 6.4 | 5.2 | ||
| Range for distance | 0.5-22.0 | 0.5-30.0 | 0.5-30.0 | ||
Key:*statistically significant at p < 0.05
§Maternity health facility includes a level III and IV health centres and hospital