Table 4.

Association of women’s experience of consented vaginal examination and informed care with their level of satisfaction during facility-based childbirth (n=2672)

Factors	Total (N=2672)	Overall satisfaction with services received*			Recommend to others†
		n (%)	Women agreed that informed about care	Women disagreed informed about care	n (%)	Women agreed that informed about care	Women disagreed informed about care
			OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Consent before vaginal examination‡ (n=2411)
Yes	1197	1099 (51.7)	1.75 (1.1 to 2.6)	1.05 (0.7 to 1.5)	1090 (50.8)	1.12 (0.77 to 1.63)	1.23 (0.79 to 1.9)
No	1214	1028 (48.3)	Ref	Ref	1055 (49.2)	Ref	Ref

*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.

‡Consent defined as being informed and obtaining permission before vaginal examination.