Table 3.

Competence difference between hospital and health center midwives in intrapartum care, Ethiopia, 2015

Competencies	No. [%] of competent hospital midwives	No. [%] of competent health center midwives	P-value#
Rapid initial evaluation	71 [76.3%]	35 [61.4%]	0.051
Introduction and history taking	76 [82.6%]	34 [59.6%]	0.002
Physical examination	88 [94.6%]	46 [82.1%]	0.014
Partograph use	68 [80%]	35 [64.8%]	0.046
Assist the woman to have a safe and clean birth	79 [85.9%]	48 [84.2%]	0.781
Immediate postpartum care	80 [86.0%]	39 [69.6%]	0.016
Clinical judgment/decision-making	82 [88.2%]	49 [87.5%]	0.903
Responding to problems	51 [86.4%]	23 [92.0%]	0.472
Infection prevention	81 [88.0%]	30 [53.6%]	<0.001
Communication	86 [92.5%]	51 [89.5%]	0.526
Organization, efficiency and teamwork	90 [96.8%]	52 [91.2%]	0.142
Professionalism/humanistic qualities	85 [91.4%]	51 [89.5%]	0.694
Overall competence in intrapartum care	83 [89.2%]	44 [77.2%]	0.047
Composite score	79 [87.6%]	41 [76.5%]	0.065

#Chi-square test; statistically significant p-values are italicized and bold