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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of all registry births ≥1500 g pre-post HBB intervention

From: A pre-post study of a multi-country scale up of resuscitation training of facility birth attendants: does Helping Babies Breathe training save lives?

 

Kenya

Nagpur, India

Belgaum, India

Total

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Registry deliveriesa, n

8875

8394

9461

9721

16,992

16,715

35,328

34,830

Birth location, n (%)

  Hospital

1203 (13.6)

1296 (15.4)

6323 (66.8)

6995 (72.0)

12,501 (73.6)

11,931 (71.4)

20,027 (56.7)

20,222 (58.1)

  Clinic

2514 (28.3)

2791 (33.2)

2966 (31.4)

2638 (27.1)

3708 (21.8)

4098 (24.5)

9188 (26.0)

9527 (27.4)

  Home/Other

5158 (58.1)

4307 (51.3)

170 (1.8)

88 (0.9)

783 (4.6)

686 (4.1)

6111 (17.3)

5081 (14.6)

Birth attendant, n (%)

  Physician

209 (2.4)

203 (2.4)

5701 (60.3)

6289 (64.7)

10,446 (61.5)

10,149 (60.7)

16,356 (46.3)

16,641 (47.8)

  Nurse/midwife

3617 (40.8)

3929 (46.8)

3597 (38.0)

3355 (34.5)

5838 (34.4)

5973 (35.7)

13,052 (36.9)

13,257 (38.1)

  TBA

3930 (44.3)

3154 (37.6)

110 (1.2)

45 (0.5)

225 (1.3)

159 (1.0)

4265 (12.1)

3358 (9.6)

  Family/unattended

1119 (12.6)

1108 (13.2)

53 (0.6)

32 (0.3)

483 (2.8)

434 (2.6)

1655 (4.7)

1574 (4.5)

Maternal education, n (%)

  No formal schooling

249 (2.8)

228 (2.7)

262 (2.8)

259 (2.7)

3091 (18.3)

2460 (14.7)

3602 (10.2)

2947 (8.5)

  Primary

6174 (69.6)

5690 (68.4)

1575 (16.7)

1636 (16.9)

5300 (31.3)

5207 (31.2)

13,049 (37.0)

12,533 (36.0)

  Secondary

2071 (23.3)

2019 (24.3)

5705 (60.4)

5669 (58.5)

6786 (40.1)

7005 (41.2)

14,562 (41.0)

14,693 (42.0)

  University +

378 (4.3)

376 (4.5)

1899 (20.1)

2129 (22.0)

1730 (10.2)

2022 (12.1)

4007 (11.4)

4527 (13.0)

Maternal age, n (%)

  < 20

1933 (21.8)

1884 (22.7)

189 (2.0)

182 (1.9)

1650 (9.7)

1584 (9.5)

3772 (10.7)

3650 (10.5)

  20–35

6595 (74.3)

6083 (73.2)

9226 (97.6)

9494 (97.8)

15,318 (90.1)

15,101 (90.3)

31,139 (88.2)

30,678 (88.3)

  > 35

343 (3.9)

345 (4.1)

35 (0.37)

31 (0.32)

23 (0.14)

30 (0.18)

401 (1.1)

406 (1.2)

Paritya, n (%)

  0

2263 (25.5)

2232 (26.6)

4519 (47.8)

4568 (47.0)

7208 (43.5)

7253 (43.4)

13,990 (40.1)

14,053 (40.4)

  1–2

3550 (40.0)

3269 (39.0)

4703 (49.7)

4892 (50.3)

8305 (50.1)

8486 (50.8)

16,558 (47.5)

16,647 (47.8)

  > 2

3056 (34.5)

2883 (34.4)

236 (2.5)

258 (2.7)

1053 (6.4)

969 (5.8)

4345 (12.5)

4110 (11.8)

Labor complications, n (%)

1406 (15.8)

1269 (15.1)

1356 (14.3)

1530 (15.7)

2428 (14.3)

3050 (18.3)

5190 (14.7)

5849 (16.8)

Caesarean rate, n (%)

162 (1.8)

162 (1.9)

1879 (19.9)

2202 (22.7)

2509 (14.8)

3103 (18.6)

4550 (12.9)

5467 (15.7)

Multiple births, n (%)

99 (1.1)

102 (1.2)

57 (0.6)

68 (0.7)

122 (0.7)

103 (0.6)

278 (0.8)

273 (0.8)

Corticosteroids, n (%)

  Yes

59 (1.1)

124 (1.5)

123 (6.3)

416 (4.4)

422 (3.0)

1225 (7.3)

604 (2.8)

1765 (5.1)

  No

5228 (98.9)

8209 (98.5)

1809 (92.8)

8880 (94.8)

13,746 (96.3)

15,446 (92.4)

20,783 (96.6)

32,535 (94.5)

  Don’t know

0 (0.0)

3 (0.04)

18 (0.92)

73 (0.78)

103 (0.72)

44 (0.46)

121 (0.56)

120 (0.35)

Registry births, n (%)

8972

8510

9514

9784

17,109

16,815

35,595

35,109

 Male, n (%)

4582 (51.1)

4281 (50.3)

4998 (52.5)

5018 (51.3)

8927 (52.2)

8687 (51.7)

18,507 (52.0)

17,986 (51.2)

Birth weight (g) b, n (%)

  1500–2499

256 (2.9)

267 (3.2)

1336 (14.1)

1441 (14.7)

2261 (13.2)

3292 (19.7)

3853 (10.9)

5000 (14.3)

  ≥ 2500

8429 (97.1)

8145 (96.8)

8152 (85.9)

8336 (85.3)

14,824 (86.8)

13,441 (80.3)

31,405 (89.1)

29,922 (85.7)

Registry births ≥ 1500 g, n

8972

8510

9514

9784

17,109

16,815

35,595

35,109

Registry births ≥ 1500 g in facilities, n (%)

3778 (42.1)

4164 (48.9)

9342 (98.2)

9693 (99.1)

16,323 (95.4)

16,129 (95.9)

29,443 (82.7)

29,986 (85.4)

Registry births ≥ 1500 g in HBB-trained facilities, n (%)

3235 (36.1)

3481 (40.9)

4053 (42.6)

4373 (44.7)

7944 (46.4)

8131 (48.4)

15,232 (42.8)

15,985 (45.5)

 Primary facility, n (%) c

2620 (81.0)

2733 (78.5)

207 (5.1)

227 (5.2)

2713 (34.2)

2924 (36.0)

5540 (36.4)

5884 (36.8)

 Secondary facility, n (%)

615 (19.0)

748 (21.5)

432 (10.7)

521 (11.9)

3935 (49.5)

3930 (48.3)

4982 (32.7)

5199 (32.5)

 Tertiary facility, n (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3414 (84.2)

3625 (82.9)

1296 (16.3)

1277 (15.7)

4710 (30.9)

4902 (30.7)

Non-HBB trained facilities, n (%)

543 (6.1)

683 (8.0)

5289 (55.6)

5320 (54.4)

8379 (49.0)

7998 (47.6)

14,211 (39.9)

14,001 (40.0)

  1. a Deliveries indicate number of mothers
  2. b Birth weight measured or estimated within 7 days of delivery (N = 516 excluded). Birth weight values > 5500 g are excluded (n = 8)
  3. c Primary facilities do not perform c-sections; secondary facilities have c-section staff on call; tertiary facilities have 24 h/7 days per week c-section staff available