Awareness of obstetric danger signs among pregnant women in the Democratic Republic of Congo: evidence from a nationwide cross-sectional study

Table 2 Percentage of observed counseling on obstetric danger signs, and percentage of women reporting receiving the counseling, together with reported percent agreement and Cohen’s κ statistics in each province of the DRC

Province of residence	Providers observed counseling on danger signs % (95% CI)	Women reported receiving the counseling %(95% CI)	Percent agreement on counseling^a	Percent of positive agreement on counseling^b	Cohen's κ
Bandundu	9.5 (5.9–14.7)	14.9 (9.4–22.8)	79.9 (71.2–86.5)	2.1 (1.0–4.5)	0.052
Bas Congo	34.2 (14.2–62.1)	38.9 (18.8–63.6)	75.0 (62.1–84.6)	24.1 (6.7–58.3)	0.387
Equateur	22.1 (16.2–29.3)	26.6 (21.6–32.4)	68.7 (61.7–74.9)	8.7 (5.7–13.0)	0.174
Kasai Occidental	30.9 (19.6–45.2)	14.5 (8.2–24.3)	62.2 (50.6–72.6)	3.9 (1.5–9.7)	− 0.107
Kasai Oriental	16.0 (9.9–24.7)	10.8 (6.1–18.4)	78.5 (69.3–85.5)	2.6 (1.2–5.8)	0.106
Katanga	31.1 (22.9–40.6)	25.6 (17.2–36.3)	69.2 (60.9–76.5)	12.9 (7.3–22.0)	0.235
Kinshasa	14.9 (8.9–24.0)	24.1 (16.1–34.5)	70.7 (61.1–78.7)	4.8 (2.6–8.7)	0.069
Maniema	42.8 (23.4–64.6)	35.3 (25.0–47.2)	65.4 (50.4–77.9)	21.8 (10.2–40.4)	0.326
Nord Kivu	69.8 (55.7–80.9)	37.9 (24.5–53.5)	57.8 (44.6–69.9)	32.7 (19.8–48.9)	0.238
Sud Kivu	59.3 (43.7–73.2)	44.2 (27.4–62.4)	75.8 (65.1–84.0)	39.7 (23.9–57.9)	0.383
Oriental	21.0 (13.8–30.7)	19.2 (13.5–26.6)	70.9 (62.3–78.1)	5.5 (2.9–10.2)	0.168
Overall	34.7 (30.7–38.9)	28.4 (24.1–33.1)	70.7 (67.5–73.7)	16.9 (13.0–21.6)	0.219

^aAgreement between the observation of counseling on danger signs and the woman’s report in the exit interview
^bBoth the observation of ANC consultation and woman’s report agreed that the counseling was performed

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