Table 2.

Providers’ knowledge scores on complications of unsafe abortion, interventions and counselling content, by health cadre

	Total	Midwives	Nurses	Health officers	P value
	n = 3792	n = 3193	n = 456	n = 143
What are the immediate complications of unsafe abortion?
Average knowledge score (out of 100)	51	51	47	60	0.735
Percent providing specific response:
Bleeding	85	85	82	92
Sepsis	72	72	63	83
Shock	51	51	47	63
Genital injuries	29	29	28	40
Abdominal injuries	17	17	13	24
When you see a woman with complications from an unsafe or incomplete abortion, what do you do?
Average knowledge score (out of 100)	46	46	40	52	0.417
Percent providing specific response:
Begin IV fluids	82	82	77	88
Begin antibiotics	73	74	64	85
Perform (manual or electric) vacuum aspiration	51	53	31	49
Assess vital signs	50	51	39	59
Assess vaginal bleeding	46	47	43	56
Refer	46	46	54	44
Do a vaginal exam	39	39	36	49
Provide counselling	30	31	21	41
Give Ergometrine or oxytocin or misoprostol	26	26	21	29
Perform evacuation with curettage	13	13	10	22
What information do you give clients who were treated for an unsafe or incomplete abortion?
Average knowledge score (out of 100)	41	42	37	46	0.779
Percent providing specific response:
Counselling on family planning and services	85	87	71	87
Refer for family planning to receive family planning methods	53	55	38	59
Inform when a woman can plan to conceive again	51	52	42	53
Describe consequences of an unsafe abortion	47	46	48	56
How to prevent reproductive tract infections/HIV	30	29	31	38
Social support	17	17	18	19
Refer for precancerous cervical lesion screening	7	6	11	12