Table 6.
Factors militating against use of the partograph, at all levels.
| Factors | UCTH (30) N = 132 Freq. (%) |
GHC (20) N = 130 Freq. (%) |
PHC (10) N = 28 Freq. (%) |
Total N = 290 |
χ 2 | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little or no knowledge | ||||||
| Yes | 97 (73.5) | 111 (85.4) | 21 (75.0) | 229 (79.0) | ||
| No | 35 (26.5) | 19 (14.6) | 7 (25.0) | 61 (21.0) | 5.88 | 0.05 |
| Nonavailability | ||||||
| Yes | 61 (46.2) | 91 (70.0) | 18 (64.3) | 170 (58.6) | ||
| No | 71 (53.8) | 39 (30.0) | 10 (35.7) | 120 (41.4) | 15.7 | <0.0001 |
| Shortage of staff | ||||||
| Yes | 46 (34.8) | 80 (61.5) | 10 (35.7) | 136 (46.9) | ||
| No | 86 (65.2) | 50 (38.5) | 10 (35.7) | 154 (53.1) | 20.3 | <0.0001 |
| Time consuming | ||||||
| Yes | 26 (19.7) | 39 (30.0) | 5 (17.9) | 70 (24.1) | ||
| No | 106 (80.3) | 91 (70.0) | 23 (82.1) | 220 (75.9) | 4.46 | 0.11 |