Abortion-related morbidity and mortality in Sierra Leone: results from a 2021 cross-sectional study

Table 3 Women鈥檚 experiences with delays to obtaining post-abortion care, overall and by facility level (N鈥�=鈥�513)*

听	Total		Facility Level						p-value^鈥�
听	Total		Primary^鈥�		Secondary^鈥�		Tertiary^鈥�
听	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
*Non-health system based delays in care*	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Took more than 24听h to realize healthcare was needed (n鈥�=鈥�411)	46%	191	46%	118	50%	50	43%	23	0.70
Took more than 24听h to decide to seek care after realizing care was needed (n鈥�=鈥�400)	32%	129	34%	86	31%	30	25%	13	0.48
Took more than 6听h to arrive in health facility after deciding to seek care (n鈥�=鈥�404)	35%	142	40%	101	31%	30	20%	11	0.02
*Health system based delays in care*	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Took more than 1听h to be attended to after arriving at health facility (n鈥�=鈥�399)	26%	102	28%	71	22%	19	23%	12	0.48
Took more than 12听h to receive complete treatment after being first attended to (n鈥�=鈥�404)	28%	115	26%	66	29%	28	38%	21	0.19
Reasons for delay in deciding to seek care after realizing healthcare was needed (n鈥�=鈥�383)^搂	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Did not have money	43%	164	39%	94	49%	47	50%	23	0.14
Afraid others would find out	14%	52	13%	32	13%	12	17%	8	0.71
Did not think health problem was serious	22%	83	22%	53	22%	21	20%	9	0.93
Reasons for delay in arriving to health facility (n鈥�=鈥�120)^露	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Did not have money	34%	41	40%	36	11%	2	27%	3	0.04
Afraid others would find out	25%	30	24%	22	26%	5	27%	3	0.97
Lack of transportation	19%	23	20%	18	16%	3	18%	2	0.91

*Data from this table comes from the patient survey; excludes the one maternal death. Due to missing data, denominators for each delay are presented in parenthesis in the table. All ns and %s are unweighted
鈥燙olumn ns by facility level sum to the total n for each row
鈥sing chi-square tests for association
搂Among women who cited a reason for delay
^露Among women who said it took them more than one day to arrive at the facility

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