Table 2.
Background characteristics of participating post-abortion care providers before study start
| Midwife group | Physician group | Total | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | |||||
| Number of post-abortion care providers | 138 | 31 | 169* | .. | |
| Mean (SD) | 38·1 (9·7) | 36·4 (9·2) | 37·8 (9·6) | 0·38† | |
| Median (IQR) | 39 (29–45) | 34 (29–40) | 38 (29–45) | .. | |
| Sex | .. | .. | .. | <0·0001‡ | |
| Number of post-abortion care providers | 139 | 33 | 172 | .. | |
| Female | 135 (97%) | 6 (18%) | 141 (82%) | .. | |
| Male | 4 (3%) | 27 (82%) | 31 (18%) | .. | |
| Number of in–service post-abortion care trainings | |||||
| Number of post-abortion care providers | 111 | 24 | 135§ | .. | |
| Median (IQR) | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0·16¶ | |
| Confidence in using misoprostol | .. | .. | .. | 0·29‡ | |
| Number of post-abortion care providers | 135 | 33 | 168‖ | .. | |
| Yes | 126 (93%) | 29 (88%) | 155 (92%) | .. | |
| Confidence in using manual vacuum aspiration | .. | .. | .. | <0·0001‡ | |
| Number of post-abortion care providers | 130 | 33 | 163** | .. | |
| Yes | 63 (48%) | 30 (91%) | 93 (57%) | .. | |
Data are n (%) unless stated otherwise. 174 of 183 post-abortion care providers completed the questionnaire; two were clinical officers, and not part of the randomisation groups. Therefore, the analytical sample was 172.
One provider in the midwife group and two providers in the physician group were missing data for age.
Student's t–test.
χ2 test.
28 providers in the midwife group and nine providers in the midwife group were missing data for confidence using manual vacuum aspiration.
Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
Four providers in the midwife group were missing data for confidence using misoprostol.
Nine providers in the midwife group were missing data for confidence using manual vacuum aspiration.