Table 4.
Prevalence of reported disrespect and abuse during labor and delivery of maternity patients participating in baseline (2012) and endline (2014) surveys of the Heshima project in 13 facilities in Kenya, N = 1,369
| Baseline (N = 641) | Endline (N = 728) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | % (n) | OR (95 % CI)a | p-valueb | |
| Feeling humiliated or disrespected | 20.1 (129) | 13.2 (96) | 0.58 (0.43 – 0.79) | 0.0004 |
| Physical abuse | 4.2 (27) | 2.1 (15) | 0.47 (0.25 – 0.90) | 0.024 |
| Privacy violated | 7.4 (47) | 5.7 (41) | 0.69 (0.44 – 1.08) | 0.101 |
| Confidentiality violatedc | 3.9 (25) | 1.8 (13) | 0.45 (0.23 – 0.89) | 0.021 |
| Verbal abuse | 18.0 (115) | 11.3 (82) | 0.58 (0.42 – 0.80) | 0.001 |
| Detention | 8.0 (51) | 0.8 (6) | 0.09 (0.04 – 0.22) | < .0001 |
| Abandonment | 12.7 (81) | 16.9 (122) | 1.28 (0.93 – 1.76) | 0.124 |
aEndline vs. baseline; facility as a random effect to account for clustering
bBased on F test
cDue to a covariance estimate of zero, facility was not included as a random effect