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. 2025 Jul 8;9:e50709. doi: 10.2196/50709

Table 4.

Baseline characteristics (measured <18 wks of pregnancy) of the study sample, and for participants who visited the intervention versus those who did not (part 2)

Sociodemographic variables (scale) Total sample intervention group (N=586), mean (SD) DA visited at least once (n=463), mean (SD) DA not visited (n=123), mean (SD) t testa (df) Cohen d (95% CI) P value
Age (years) 32.21 (4.04) 32.22 (4.03) 32.18 (4.10) –0.10 (189.51) –0.01 (–0.21 to 0.19) .92
Religion (1-7) 2.06 (1.29) 2.04 (1.29) 2.13 (1.31) 0.70 (189.22) 0.07 (–0.13 to 0.27) .48
Intention to accept MPVb (1-5) 4.61 (0.73) 4.62 (0.70) 4.56 (0.83) –0.81 (170.86) –0.09 (–0.29 to 0.11) .42
Attitude MPV (1-5) 4.61 (0.65) 4.63 (0.61) 4.54 (0.78) –1.12 (163.84) –0.13 (–0.33 to 0.07) .26
Beliefs safety (1-5) 4.41 (0.81) 4.19 (1.01) 4.21 (1.01) –2.63 (159.54) –0.32 (–0.52 to –0.12) <.01
Beliefs effectiveness (1-5) 4.58 (0.59) 4.61 (0.53) 4.46 (0.78) –2.03 (152.91) –0.26 (–0.46 to –0.06) .04
Perceived severity (1-5) 4.38 (0.66) 4.40 (0.64) 4.34 (0.72) –0.75 (175.55) –0.08 (–0.28 to 0.12) .45
Perceived susceptibility (1-5) 2.63 (0.80) 2.59 (0.77) 2.80 (0.86) 2.53 (178.42) 0.27 (0.07 to 0.47) .01
Moral norm (1-5) 4.31 (0.82) 4.31 (0.81) 4.30 (0.88) –0.12 (180.04) –0.01 (–0.21 to 0.19) .91
Knowledge (1-5) 4.68 (1.53) 4.70 (1.52) 4.62 (1.57) –0.53 (187.15) –0.06 (–0.25 to 0.14) .60
Perceived control (1-5) 4.67 (0.48) 4.68 (0.46) 4.60 (0.55) –1.49 (168.62) –0.17 (–0.37 to 0.03) .14
Injunctive norm (1-5) 4.09 (0.98) 4.14 (0.93) 3.91 (1.13) –2.00 (167.86) –0.23 (–0.43 to –0.03) .05
Affect (1-5) 4.39 (0.78) 4.40 (0.77) 4.36 (0.82) –0.46 (184.28) –0.05 (–0.25 to 0.15) .65
Decisional certainty (1-5) 4.39 (0.95) 4.39 (0.95) 4.40 (0.96) 0.13 (189.78) 0.01 (–0.19 to 0.21) .90

aIndependent sample t test.

bMPV: maternal pertussis vaccination.