Table 3.
Associations of women’s experiences of mistreatment on satisfaction and recommending facilities to others (n=2672)
| Factors | Total (N=2672) |
Overall satisfaction with services received† | Recommend to others‡ | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | AOR (95% CI)§ | n (%) | AOR (95% CI)§ | |
| Any physical/verbal/stigma | |||||
| No | 1727 (64.6) | 1620 (68.6) | 4.25* (3.27 to 5.50) | 1618 (67.8) | 3.89* (2.98 to 5.06) |
| Yes | 945 (35.4) | 741 (31.4) | Ref | 767 (32.2) | Ref |
| Physical abuse | |||||
| No | 2385 (89.3) | 2134 (90.4) | 2.38* (1.71 to 3.32) | 2141 (89.8) | 1.88* (1.30 to 2.70) |
| Yes | 287 (10.7) | 227 (9.6) | Ref | 244 (10.2) | Ref |
| Verbal abuse | |||||
| No | 1851 (69.3) | 1733 (73.4) | 4.52* (3.50 to 5.85) | 1735 (72.8) | 4.40* (3.38 to 5.72) |
| Yes | 821 (30.7) | 628 (26.6) | Ref | 650 (27.3) | Ref |
| Providing professional standard of care | |||||
| Consent before vaginal examination¶ (n=2411) | |||||
| Yes | 1197 (49.6) | 1099 (51.7) | 1.98* (1.52 to 2.58) | 1090 (50.8) | 1.58* (1.21 to 2.05) |
| No | 1214 (50.4) | 1028 (48.3) | Ref | 1055 (49.2) | Ref |
| Offered pain relief (n=2582) | |||||
| Yes | 1054 (40.8) | 960 (42) | 1.78* (1.29 to 2.45) | 947 (40.9) | 1.32 (0.96 to 1.8) |
| No | 1528 (59.2) | 1325 (58) | Ref | 1366 (59.1) | Ref |
| Had to wait long periods of time before being attended by health workers (n=2665) | |||||
| No | 2238 (84.0) | 2057 (87.4) | 5.12* (3.94 to 6.65) | 2063 (86.7) | 4.11* (3.14 to 5.38) |
| Yes | 427 (16.0) | 298 (12.7) | Ref | 316 (13.3) | Ref |
| Rapport between women and providers | |||||
| Being told to mobilise or mobilised during labour (n=2649) | |||||
| Yes | 1042 (39.3) | 942 (40.3) | 1.23 (0.87 to 1.73) | 944 (40) | 1.29 (0.92 to 1.81) |
| No | 1607 (60.7) | 1396 (59.7) | Ref | 1418 (60) | Ref |
| Health system condition and constraints | |||||
| Curtains/partitions or other privacy measures used (n=2653) | |||||
| Yes | 1451 (54.7) | 1308 (55.8) | 1.56* (1.15 to 2.10) | 1294 (54.6) | 1.34 (0.99 to 1.82) |
| No | 1202 (45.3) | 1037 (44.2) | Ref | 1075 (45.4) | Ref |
Remark, Crude OR for selected mistreatment measures were reported in annex tables 3 and 4.
*Significant at p<0.05.
†Denotes the % of women who had satisfied (strongly agree and agree) their childbirth experiences during facility-based childbirth.
‡Denotes the % of women who would recommend (strongly agree and agree) the facility to others.
§ORs adjusted for: age, marital status, education, number of births and country.
¶Consent defined as being informed and obtaining permission before vaginal examination.
AOR, adjusted OR.