Table 1. Results of comparisons between: intervention with control arm; and intervention period (2020–2021) with baseline (2018), using different provider definitions.
Institutional delivery | n/N* (%) | Risk ratio (95% CI)† | |
Intervention vs control | Intervention | Control | |
Published result (matron as skilled provider) | 1506/2542 (59.2) | 1421/2494 (56.9) | 1.06 (0.91 to 1.20)‡ |
New result (matron as unskilled provider) | 752/2542 (29.6) | 727/2494 (29.2) | 1.01 (0.86 to 1.18)‡ |
Intervention period vs baseline | Trial years 2 and 3 | Baseline | |
Published result (matron as skilled provider) | 2927/5036 (58.1) | 2901/6668 (43.5) | 1.54 (1.41 to 1.66) |
New pre–post (matron as unskilled provider) | 1479/5036 (29.4) | 794/6668 (11.9) | 2.46 (2.14 to 2.81) |
Counts with the outcome (n) out of the total participants (N) in the arm.
Each model included afixed effects for the year of intervention, residential distance to the nearest primary health centercentre, baseline population of the cluster, and a random intercept for thecluster.
Intention -Tto -Ttreat analysis including trial years two2 and three3 only.