Table 5.
Effect of intervention on activities affecting infant health
Intervention | Control | ICC | Adjusted odds ratio(95% CI)* | p value | |
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Health outcome | |||||
Diarrhoea episodes at 12 months† | 116/360 (32%) | 149/345 (43%) | 0·056 | 0·6 (0·39–0·98) | 0·04 |
Complete immunisation at 12 months | 339/360 (94%) | 294/345 (85%) | 0·013 | 2·5 (1·47–4·72) | 0·001 |
Contraceptive use at 12 months | 253/406 (62%) | 205/385 (53%) | 0·003 | 1·6 (1·20–2·27) | 0·002 |
Exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months | 63/368 (17%) | 40/359 (11%) | 0·070 | 1·6 (0·79–3·18) | 0·20 |
Play frequency with infant at 12 months‡ | |||||
Mother | 247/360 (69%) | 149/345 (43%) | 0·005 | 2·4 (2·07–4·01) | <0·0001 |
Father | 191/302 (63%) | 119/285 (42%) | 0·058 | 1·9 (1·59–4·15) | 0·0001 |
Data are n/N (%), unless otherwise indicated. ICC=intra-cluster correlation coefficient.
Adjusted for parity, education, infant sex, socioeconomic status, baseline depression, disability, and perceived social support with a random effect for Union Council.
One or more in 2 weeks before assessment.
Once or more every day.