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Table 4 Post evacuation management and outcome by severity level

From: Unsafe abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study of abortion complication severity and associated factors

Variables

Low

Moderate

Severe

Total

Uncorrected Chi2; design-based F*; p value

Received analgesics

n = 585

n = 972

n = 630

N = 2187

21.41; 2.53; p = 0.0886

  Yes

83.9

79.7

87.2

83.5

Received antibiotics

n = 719

n = 1128

n = 768

N = 2615

21.30; 3.99; p = 0.0202

  Yes

90.9

93.2

96.1

93.7

Received IV fluids

n = 719

n = 1119

n = 767

N = 2605

63.22; 7.84; p = 0.0005

  Yes

38.9

37.3

52.4

43.3

Received blood

n = 715

n = 1120

n = 766

N2601

43.83; 7.58; p = 0.0018

  Yes

2.8

2.4

7.6

4.5

Received oxytocics

n = 713

n = 1119

n = 765

N = 2597

5.25; 0.47; p = 0.6209

  Yes

60.5

64.2

65.7

63.9

Outcome

n = 720

n = 1130

n = 770

N = 2620

 

  Discharged

90.3

86.5

80.7

85.2

62.25; 2.10; p = 0.0418

  Died

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.2

  Still Hospitalized

2.4

1.9

4.8

3.1

  Absconded

2.5

1.6

3.0

2.3

  Referred

4.8

10.1

10.9

9.2

Stay in facility

n = 719

n = 1126

n = 765

N = 2610

 

  Less than 12 hours

65.5

68.0

59.7

64.3

55.46; 4.31; p = 0.0032

  12-24 hour

25.9

25.5

24.9

25.4

  More than 24 hours

8.6

6.5

15.4

10.3

  1. *Rao and Scott second-order corrected Pearson statistic. Note “n” varies across variables.