Table 4 Women's report of change in practice before and after the intervention in intervention and control hospitals
From: Promoting childbirth companions in South Africa: a randomised pilot study
Category | Outcomes | Group | Before intervention | After intervention | Change: paired comparison* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary outcome | Companion allowed | EXPT | 9 (5 to 45) | 21 (0 to 40) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 2 (1 to 60) | 15 (0 to 48) | NS |
Other beneficial policies | Moving around in 1st stage | EXPT | 56 (51 to 66) | 64 (55 to 86) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 51 (40 to 61) | 54 (51 to 64) | NS |
| Â | Moving around allowed in 2nd stage | EXPT | 2 (1 to 9) | 1 (0 to 4) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 2 (0 to 3) | 32 (1 to 39) | P = 0.003 |
Painful obstetric policies | Episiotomy | EXPT | 34 (25 to 48) | 21 (10 to 28) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 40 (21 to 44) | 39 (24 to 48) | P = 0.02 |
Benefit doubtful | Enema given | EXPT | 56 (33 to 63) | 52 (35 to 68) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 66 (18 to 69) | 41 (19 to 72) | Â |
Humane care | Offered food | EXPT | 25 (2 to 37) | 19 (0 to 46) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 26 (4 to 34) | 23 (13 to 40) | NS |
| Â | Offered fluid | EXPT | 18 (3 to 29) | 14 (11 to 28) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 10 (0 to 31) | 16 (13 to 25) | NS |
Inhumane care | Shouted at | EXPT | 14 (6 to 25) | 15 (10 to 22) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 21 (12 to 25) | 26 (12 to 29) | NS |
| Â | Slapped or struck | EXPT | 2 (2 to 8) | 1 (0.5 to 4) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 3 (2 to 12) | 4 (0.5 to 7) | Â |
| Â | Left alone | EXPT | 12 (7 to 21) | 16 (4 to 32) | Â |
| Â | Â | CONTROL | 14 (11 to 29) | 21 (10 to 33) | NS |