TABLE 2.
Prenatal care services utilization and reasons for non-compliance among Italian and immigrant women. Italy, 2020.
| A. Prenatal care services’ compliance by citizenship and respective p-values. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prenatal care services | Citizenship | p-value | |
| Italian | Immigrant | ||
| N = 1,198 | N = 114 | ||
| Number of prenatal visits | 0.03 | ||
| <8 visits | 427 (35.6%) | 52 (45.6%) | |
| ≥8 visits | 771 (64.4%) | 62 (54.4%) | |
| At least 1 ultrasound in each trimester | 0.12 | ||
| No | 63 (5.26%) | 10 (8.8%) | |
| Yes | 1,135 (94.7%) | 104 (91.2%) | |
| Glucose tolerance test | 0.77 | ||
| No | 187 (15.6%) | 19 (16.7%) | |
| Yes | 1,011 (84.4%) | 95 (83.3%) | |
| GBS screening | 0.12 | ||
| No | 71 (5.9%) | 11 (9.6%) | |
| Yes | 1,127 (94.1%) | 103 (90.4%) | |
| Emergency care visit | 0.005 | ||
| No | 391 (32.6%) | 52 (45.6%) | |
| Yes | 807 (67.4%) | 62 (54.4%) | |
| Prenatal course | 0.32 | ||
| No | 801 (66.9%) | 71 (62.3%) | |
| Yes | 397 (33.1%) | 43 (37.7%) | |
| Influenza vaccination | <0.0001 | ||
| No | 961 (80.2%) | 69 (60.5%) | |
| Yes | 237 (19.8%) | 45 (39.5%) | |
| Pertussis vaccination | 0.10 | ||
| No | 580 (48.4%) | 46 (40.3%) | |
| Yes | 618 (51.6%) | 68 (59.7%) | |
| B. Reasons for not attending prenatal care services by citizenship and respective p-values. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasons for non-compliance with prenatal care services | Citizenship | p-value | |
| Italian | Immigrant | ||
| At least 1 ultrasound in each trimester | 1.00 | ||
| No, due to COVID | 29/63 (46.0%) | 5/10 (50%) | |
| No, due to other reason | 34/63 (54.0%) | 5/10 (50%) | |
| Glucose tolerance test | 0.16 | ||
| No, due to COVID | 25/187 (13.4%) | 5/19 (26.3%) | |
| No, due to other reason | 162/187 (86.6%) | 14/19 (73.7%) | |
| GBS screening | 0.05 | ||
| No, due to COVID | 8/71 (11.3%) | 4/11 (36.4%) | |
| No, due to other reason | 63/71 (88.7%) | 7/11 (63.6%) | |
| Emergency care visit | 0.09 | ||
| No, due to COVID | 22/391 (5.6%) | 0/52 (0%) | |
| No, due to other reason | 369/391 (94.4%) | 52/52 (100%) | |
| Prenatal course | <0.001 | ||
| No, due to COVID | 313/801 (39.1%) | 43/71 (60.6%) | |
| No, due to other reason | 488/801 (60.9%) | 28/71 (39.4%) | |
| Influenza vaccination | 0.03 | ||
| No, due to COVID | 130/961 (13.5%) | 16/69 (23.2%) | |
| No, due to other reason | 831/961 (86.5%) | 53/69 (76.8%) | |
| Pertussis vaccination | 0.003 | ||
| No, due to COVID | 108/580 (18.6%) | 17/46 (37%) | |
| No, due to other reason | 472/580 (81.4%) | 29/46 (63%) | |
Bold values denote p-values < 0.05.