Skip to main content

Table 4 Recording of tests or a prescriptions in antenatal care medical files (N = 233)a

From: Quality of antenatal care services in Rwanda: assessing practices of health care providers

Test or prescription

Frequency

Percent

Haemoglobinb

 3rd visit

  No

167

71.7

  Yes

66

28.3

 4th visit

  No

198

85.0

  Yes

35

15.0

 Syphilis test

  No

34

15.0

  Yes

199

85.0

 Iron supplementation

  No

5

2.1

  Yes

228

97.9

 Malaria prophylaxis (insecticide-treated mosquito net)

  No

160

69.0

  Yes

73

31.0

 Tetanus Immunization

  No

28

12.1

  Yes

205

87.9

 Anthelmintic prophylaxis

  No

30

13.0

  Yes

203

87.0

 HIV test

  No

10

4.3

  Yes

223

95.7

Proteinuria™

 3rd visit

  No

151

64.8

  Yes

82

35.2

 4th visit

  No

194

83.3

  Yes

39

16.7

  1. aAnalysis was restricted to files with ≥3 visits. bA laboratory test to be carried out if a pregnant woman shows physical signs of anemia. ™ test to be carried out during 3rd and 4th visit if a woman is nulliparous or has a history of hypertension, preeclampsia or eclampsia from a previous pregnancy