Table 9.
Women’s experience of elements of respectful maternity care by site status
| Experience | Intervention Sites N = 603% | Comparison Sites N = 486% |
Between-site comparison p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Did the provider […]? | |||
| Attend if woman calls for help | 98.7 | 96.1 | 0.003 |
| Interact in a friendly way | 97.7 | 91.2 | < 0.001 |
| Greet respectfully | 97.0 | 88.3 | < 0.001 |
| Pay close attention throughout delivery | 87.6 | 89.5 | 0.160 |
| Try to make more comfortable | 85.6 | 79.2 | 0.003 |
| Introduce themselves | 41.8 | 43.4 | 0.295 |
| Encourage you to have a companion | 46.6 | 11.9 | < 0.001 |
| Did the woman […]? | |||
| Feel comfortable to ask questions | 65.8 | 90.7 | < 0.001 |
| Experience abusive behavior from provider | |||
| Emotional abuse | 1.3 | 3.1 | 0.023 |
| Physical abuse | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.006 |
a An unpaired Student’s t test was used to identify differences in key variables by intervention and comparison sites; a value of p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
Source: exit interviews, December 2018