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. 2023 Jan 23;23:55. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05304-8

Table 2.

Preventable adverse events (pAEs) overall and categories before and after the communication training proportionately to Adverse Events (AEs)

pAE 2018 2020 Difference p-value
Total Percentage Total Percentage pAEs proportionately to AEs
pAEs overall 88 13.35% 73 8.83% -33.90% 0.005a
Peripartum therapy delay 39 44.32% 37 50.68% 14.37% 0.209a
Diagnostic error 32 36.36% 16 21.92% -39.73% 0.002a
Inadequate maternal birth position 30 34.09% 17 23.29% -31.69% 0.006a
Organizational errors 29 32.95% 21 28.77% -12.71% 0.49a
Inadequate fetal monitoring 16 18.18% 10 13.70% -24.66% 0.75a
Medication error 2 2.27% 1 1.37% -39.73% 0.588b

a Pearson-Chi Quadrat, b Fisher Test