Use of non-governmental maternity services and pregnancy outcomes among undocumented women: a cohort study from Norway

Table 2 Characteristics of antenatal care given to undocumented women at two NGO clinics

	Bergen 2014–2020		Oslo 2009–2020
	n = 58 ^v	%	n = 359 ^v	%
Number of antenatal visits at NGO clinics
Median	1 (IQR 0–1)		2 (IQR 1–3)
Missing information	12	20.7	12	3.3
Number of recommended measurements ^vi
Median	1 (IQR 0–2)		4 (IQR 2–7)
Missing information	5	8.6	36	10.0
Documented use of professional translator at first visit ^vii
Yes	0	0	43	21.2
No	1	3.2	156	76.8
Missing information	30	96.8	4	2.0
Contact with public primary care before contact with NGO clinics ^viii
Yes	9	15.5	29	8.1
No	34	58.6	189	52.6
Missing information	15	25.9	141	39.3
Women referred to public primary care
Maternal and child health centres	7	12.1	182	50.7
General practitioner	26	44.8	1	0.3
Missing information	1	1.7	0	0
Other follow up at public primary care	9	15.5	35	9.7
No reported follow up at public primary care	15	25.9	141	39.3
Referred to ultrasound screening week 20 ^viii
Yes	5	8.6	127	35.4
No	0	0	2	0.6
Missing information	53	91.4	230	64.0
Women’s need of urgent care during pregnancy
Consultation at primary care emergency clinic	2	3.4	35	9.7
Consultation at hospital (in- or out- patient)	6	10.3	93	25.9
Women with documented post-natal check-up ^viii
Yes	4	6.9	50	13.9
Missing information	54	93.1	309	86.1

^v165 (10 Bergen, 155 Oslo) induced abortions excluded (n = 417/582)
^viPerformed before week 12 or at first visit; Blood pressure, haemoglobin, serum ferritin, proteinuria, hepatitis B/HIV/syphilis screening, blood type and antibody, weight, body mass index and asymptomatic bacteriological urine test
^viiOf women reported needing translation, n = 234/417
^viiiMissing information may mean “No” as negative documentation is not necessarily done

ISSN: 1471-2393