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Table 2 Proportion of providers who correctly answered IUD and implant questions regarding eligibility, insertion timing and duration, and side effects

From: Evaluation of immediate and sustained effects of transitioning quality long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) services to public sector health facilities in Ghana: a pre-post intervention study

 

Recent intervention

GHS support

T0 (N = 153)

T2 (N = 204)

T1 (N = 117)

T3 (N = 133)

At least 10 IUD eligibility questions correct (out of 13)

26.1

38.2*

31.6

42.1

At least 12 implant eligibility questions correct (out of 15)

22.9

34.8*

29.1

41.4*

At least 4 IUD insertion timing and duration questions correct (out of 5)

52.3

69.1**

59.8

62.4

At least 5 implant insertion timing and duration questions correct (out of 6)

81.7

87.3

78.6

82.0

At least 2 IUD side effects correctly identified

57.5

60.3

55.6

61.7

At least 3 implant side effects correctly identified

83.7

79.4

85.5

82.0

  1. p-value * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001