“They Love Their Patients”: Client Perceptions of Quality of Postabortion Care in North and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Figures & Tables

TABLE 1.

Postabortion Care Register Review Results

	Total	Kayna/Lubero	Masisi/Mweso	Kabare/Kalehe	P Value
	(N=1,769)	(n=477)	(n=644)	(n=648)
Age, years, mean (SD)	28.5 (7.3)	27.4 (7.0)	28.6 (7.2)	29.3 (7.5)	.001
Age group, years, No. (%)
<25	570 (32.6)	186 (39.1)	192 (30.4)	192 (29.9)
25–34	751 (42.9)	204 (42.9)	273 (43.3)	274 (42.6)
≥35	429 (24.5)	86 (18.1)	166 (26.3)	177 (27.5)
Parity, mean (SD)	4.4 (3.2)	3.2 (2.8)	5.0 (3.1)	4.8 (3.3)	.001
Parity, No. (%)					.001
0	169 (10.6)	80 (17.3)	31 (6.0)	58 (9.5)
1–3	548 (34.4)	205 (44.4)	152 (29.3)	191 (31.3)
4–6	456 (28.6)	118 (25.5)	163 (31.4)	175 (28.6)
≥7	419 (26.3)	59 (12.8)	173 (33.3)	187 (30.6)
Gestational age, weeks, No. (%)					.001
<13 weeks	1,331 (85.2)	416 (89.7)	414 (79.0)	501 (87.1)
≥13 weeks	232 (14.8)	48 (10.3)	232 (21.0)	110 (12.9)
Uterine evacuation performed, No. (%)	1,367 (81.3)	428 (93.9)	359 (61.3)	580 (90.6)	.001
MVA	N/A	408 (95.3)	340 (94.7)	No data
Misoprostol	N/A	3 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	No data
D&C	N/A	17 (4.0)	19 (5.3)	No data
Postabortion contraceptive use, No. (%)					.001
No modern method	422 (24.8)	116 (24.8)	158 (24.7)	148 (24.8)
IUD	513 (30.1)	145 (31.0)	104 (16.3)	264 (44.2)
Implant	436 (25.6)	118 (25.3)	175 (27.4)	143 (24.0)
Tubal ligation	2 (0.1)	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.2)
Injectable	228 (13.4)	42 (9.0)	151 (23.6)	35 (5.9)
Pills	100 (5.9)	44 (9.4)	50 (7.8)	6 (1.0)
Condoms	2 (0.1)	1 (0.2)	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)
Facility type, No. (%)
Health center	1,055 (59.6)	96 (20.1)	395 (61.3)	564 (87.0)
Referral health center	548 (31.0)	299 (62.7)	249 (38.7)	N/A
Hospital	166 (9.4)	82 (17.2)	N/A	84 (13.0)

Abbreviations: D&C, dilation and curettage; IUD, intrauterine device; MVA, manual vacuum aspiration.

TABLE 2.

Sociodemographic Characteristics and Reproductive History of Postabortion Care Clients Interviewed (N=50)

	No.
Age group, years
18–24	8
25–34	22
35–49	20
Marital status
Married	42
Unmarried	7
Unknown	1
Level of education
None	16
Any primary	12
Any secondary or higher	21
Unknown	1
Gestational age
First trimester	39
Second trimester	11
No. of lifetime pregnancies
1–3	11
4–6	17
≥7	21
Unknown	1
Postabortion contraceptive use
Long-acting method	20
Short-acting method	15
Modern method, unspecified	3
No modern method	12