Baseline Characteristics of Maternity Health Care Facilities in Uganda (N=30)a Included in the Study of the Solar Suitcase Intervention on the Quality of Intrapartum Care
| Overall | Sequence 1 | Sequence 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N=30 | n=15 | n=15 | |
| No. of observations per facility, mean (SD) | 38 (16) | 36 (19) | 39 (14) |
| No. of days spent observing, mean (SD) | 30 (12) | 30 (12) | 30 (12) |
| No. of MCH staff employed, mean (SD) | 7 (4) | 6 (3) | 8 (5) |
| Monthly patient volume, mean (SD) | 34 (17) | 30 (18) | 37 (16) |
| Primary source of electricity, n (%) | |||
| None/lanterns | 12 (40) | 6 (40) | 6 (40) |
| Grid | 11 (37) | 5 (33) | 6 (40) |
| Solar | 7 (23) | 4 (27) | 3 (20) |
| Facility government owned, n (%) | 28 (93) | 13 (87) | 15 (100) |
| Facility level, n (%) | |||
| Health center II | 5 (17) | 3 (20) | 2 (13) |
| Health center III | 22 (73) | 11 (73) | 11 (73) |
| Health center IV | 3 (10) | 1 (7) | 2 (13) |
| Provider age, mean (SD) | 34 (5) | 33 (5) | 35 (6) |
| Provider years of experience, mean (SD) | 8 (6) | 7 (5) | 9 (7) |
| Proportion of providers with secondary education, mean (SD) | 0.02 (0.07) | 0.04 (0.10) | 0.00 (0.00) |
| Proportion of providers with certificate, mean (SD) | 0.60 (0.32) | 0.62 (0.35) | 0.58 (0.31) |
| Proportion of providers with diploma, mean (SD) | 0.38 (0.32) | 0.34 (0.34) | 0.42 (0.31) |
| Proportion of providers in officer position, mean (SD) | 0.15 (0.22) | 0.15 (0.22) | 0.16 (0.22) |
| Proportion of providers in midwife/nurse position, mean (SD) | 0.70 (0.26) | 0.61 (0.28) | 0.79 (0.23) |
| Proportion of providers in nursing assistant position, mean (SD) | 0.15 (0.22) | 0.24 (0.26) | 0.06 (0.12) |
| Quality score, mean (SD) | 44.2 (8.4) | 43.5 (7.9) | 45.0 (9.0) |
| Delay index score (minutes), mean (SD) | 73.5 (16.9) | 76.4 (19.4) | 70.7 (14.1) |
| Proportion of adequate light throughout observation, mean (SD) | 0.44 (0.21) | 0.47 (0.22) | 0.41 (0.20) |
| Mother's age (years), mean (SD) | 24.5 (2.5) | 25.0 (2.8) | 24.1 (2.1) |
| Mother's parity, mean (SD) | 2.3 (0.6) | 2.3 (0.5) | 2.3 (0.7) |
| Gestational age (weeks), mean (SD) | 38.1 (0.9) | 38.0 (0.9) | 38.1 (0.9) |
| Overall F-test | 0.24 |
Abbreviations: MCH, maternal and child health; SD, standard deviation.
↵a The overall F-test is a joint test of orthogonality of all variables. Quality score is the percentage of items performed of the 20-item index. Delay index score is the sum of 6 items in the delays index (Supplement Table 3).