Table 2.
Demographic and health characteristics of study participants by study groups (n = 2,880).
| Control n = 1,315 n (%) |
Non-HCP intervention arm n = 668 n (%) |
HCP intervention arm n = 897 n (%) |
p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||||
| <18 | 42 | (3.19) | 8 | (1.20) | 16 | (1.78) | 0.009a |
| 18–29 | 696 | (52.93) | 348 | (52.10) | 474 | (52.84) | |
| 30–39 | 508 | (38.63) | 278 | (41.62) | 379 | (42.25) | |
| >40 | 69 | (5.25) | 34 | (5.09) | 28 | (3.12) | |
| Nationality | |||||||
| Lebanese | 242 | (18.40) | 81 | (12.13) | 108 | (12.04) | <0.05a |
| Palestinian | 355 | (27.00) | 65 | (9.73) | 209 | (23.30) | |
| Syrian | 718 | (54.60) | 522 | (78.14) | 580 | (64.66) | |
| Chronic Diseases, yes | 439 | (33.46) | 67 | (10.08) | 281 | (31.82) | <0.05a |
| Previous Pre-term, yes | 39 | (2.97) | 7 | (1.05) | 45 | (5.02) | <0.05a |
| Previous abortion, yes | 340 | (25.86) | 179 | (26.80) | 257 | (28.65) | 0.345 |
| Previous C-Section, yes | 373 | (34.51) | 195 | (29.19) | 252 | (28.70) | 0.010a |
| Mean Gravida (SD) | 2.97 | (1.93) | 2.82 | (1.76) | 2.78 | (1.73) | 0.037a |
a
Significant at 0.05.