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Table 2 Median reported percent of maternal complications and care per monthly total births at each facility

From: Exploring the long-term impact of a nurse-midwife mentorship intervention in Neno district, Malawi: a secondary data analysis of maternal and neonatal complications

 

Pre-handover (total months = 209) Median % [min, max]

Post-handover (total months = 316) Median % [min, max]

Unadjusted p-value

Adjusted p-value*

Maternal complications

 Ruptured uterus

0 [0, 7.14]

0 [0, 22.2]

0.932

0.732

 Obstructed/prolonged labor

3.85 [0, 100]

3.57 [0, 100]

0.188

0.459

 Pre/eclampsia

0 [0, 16.7]

0 [0, 25.0]

0.378

0.361

 Antepartum hemorrhage

0 [0, 20.0]

0 [0, 20.0]

0.005

0.004

 Fetal distress

0 [0, 16.7]

0 [0, 33.3]

0.643

0.624

 None

92.9 [0, 120]

93.5 [0, 133]

0.724

0.762

 Maternal sepsis

0 [0, 20.0]

0 [0, 8.33]

0.031

0.015

 Retained placenta

0 [0, 15.0]

0 [0, 100]

0.519

0.431

 Other

3.26 [0, 100]

3.36 [0, 100]

0.900

0.673

 Postpartum hemorrhage

0 [0, 21.4]

0 [0, 50.0]

0.342

0.499

 Premature labor

0 [0, 100]

0 [0, 50.0]

0.079

0.630

Associated emergency obstetric care

 Anticorticosteroids

0 [0, 100]

0 [0, 50.0]

0.056

0.071

 Obstetric antibiotics

0 [0, 40.0]

0 [0, 100]

0.218

0.826

 Evacuation of retained products

0 [0, 1.27]

0 [0, 0.990]

0.098

0.061

 Anticonvulsives

0 [0, 10.0]

0 [0, 25.0]

0.488

0.766

 Blood transfusion

0 [0, 3.57]

0 [0, 2.17]

0.378

0.955

 Manual removal of placenta

0 [0, 11.1]

0 [0, 7.69]

 < 0.001

0.001

 Non-pneumatic antishock garment

0 [0, 5.26]

0 [0, 5.26]

0.158

0.229

  1. *Multivariable model accounted for health facility