Table 2.
Percentage of observed counseling on obstetric danger signs, and percentage of women reporting receiving the counseling, together with reported percent agreement and Cohen’s κ statistics in each province of the DRC
Province of residence | Providers observed counseling on danger signs % (95% CI) | Women reported receiving the counseling %(95% CI) | Percent agreement on counselinga | Percent of positive agreement on counselingb | Cohen's κ |
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Bandundu | 9.5 (5.9–14.7) | 14.9 (9.4–22.8) | 79.9 (71.2–86.5) | 2.1 (1.0–4.5) | 0.052 |
Bas Congo | 34.2 (14.2–62.1) | 38.9 (18.8–63.6) | 75.0 (62.1–84.6) | 24.1 (6.7–58.3) | 0.387 |
Equateur | 22.1 (16.2–29.3) | 26.6 (21.6–32.4) | 68.7 (61.7–74.9) | 8.7 (5.7–13.0) | 0.174 |
Kasai Occidental | 30.9 (19.6–45.2) | 14.5 (8.2–24.3) | 62.2 (50.6–72.6) | 3.9 (1.5–9.7) | − 0.107 |
Kasai Oriental | 16.0 (9.9–24.7) | 10.8 (6.1–18.4) | 78.5 (69.3–85.5) | 2.6 (1.2–5.8) | 0.106 |
Katanga | 31.1 (22.9–40.6) | 25.6 (17.2–36.3) | 69.2 (60.9–76.5) | 12.9 (7.3–22.0) | 0.235 |
Kinshasa | 14.9 (8.9–24.0) | 24.1 (16.1–34.5) | 70.7 (61.1–78.7) | 4.8 (2.6–8.7) | 0.069 |
Maniema | 42.8 (23.4–64.6) | 35.3 (25.0–47.2) | 65.4 (50.4–77.9) | 21.8 (10.2–40.4) | 0.326 |
Nord Kivu | 69.8 (55.7–80.9) | 37.9 (24.5–53.5) | 57.8 (44.6–69.9) | 32.7 (19.8–48.9) | 0.238 |
Sud Kivu | 59.3 (43.7–73.2) | 44.2 (27.4–62.4) | 75.8 (65.1–84.0) | 39.7 (23.9–57.9) | 0.383 |
Oriental | 21.0 (13.8–30.7) | 19.2 (13.5–26.6) | 70.9 (62.3–78.1) | 5.5 (2.9–10.2) | 0.168 |
Overall | 34.7 (30.7–38.9) | 28.4 (24.1–33.1) | 70.7 (67.5–73.7) | 16.9 (13.0–21.6) | 0.219 |
aAgreement between the observation of counseling on danger signs and the woman’s report in the exit interview
bBoth the observation of ANC consultation and woman’s report agreed that the counseling was performed