Table 3.
Outcomes recorded at 6 months post partum for 393 mothers and infants. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Variable | Intervention group*
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Groups A and B v C and D
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Groups A and C v B and D
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Outcome by health education at birth stratified by health education at 3 months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Odds ratio | P value | Odds ratio | P value | ||||
| (95% CI ) | (95% CI ) | ||||||||||
| Duration of exclusive breast feeding (n=390): | |||||||||||
| ⩾5 months | 31 (33) | 25 (24) | 27 (29) | 27 (28) | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.29 | 0.31 | Mantel-Haenszel test: χ2=0.72, P=0.395 | ||
| (0.65 to 1.56) | (0.83 to 2.0) | ||||||||||
| <5 months | 63 (67) | 79 (76) | 67 (71) | 71 (72) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) weight (kg) | 7.2 (0.9) | 7.3 (1.0) | 7.2 (0.93) | 7.2 (1.1) | Mean difference 0.028 | 0.78 | Mean difference −0.06 | 0.56 | Analysis of variance: Education at 3 months F=0.085, P=0.77 | ||
| (−0.169 to 0.225) | (−0.255 to 0.139) | No education | |||||||||
| F=0.01, P=0.92 | |||||||||||
| Mean (SD) length (cm) | 62.4 (7.4) | 63.2 (4.0) | 62.3 (7.0) | 62.9 (4.5) | Mean difference 0.223 | 0.71 | Mean difference −0.7 | 0.24 | Analysis of variance: Education at 3 months F=0.006, P=0.94 | ||
| (−0.95 to 1.39) | (−1.87 to 0.47) | No education | |||||||||
| F=0.28, P=0.60 | |||||||||||
| Mean (SD) head circumference (cm) | 42.5 (1.5) | 42.4 (2.0) | 42.5 (1.4) | 42.6 (2.1) | Mean difference −0.06 | 0.74 | Mean difference −0.32 | 0.86 | Analysis of variance: Education at 3 months F=0.008, P=0.93 | ||
| (−0.41 to 0.29) | (−0.39 to 0.32) | No education | |||||||||
| F=0.23, P=0.63 | |||||||||||
| Immunisation: | |||||||||||
| Appropriate† | 90 (95) | 100 (96) | 90 (93) | 91 (94) | 1.52 | 0.39 | 0.79 | 0.66 | Mantel-Haenszel test: χ2=0.033, P=0.855 | ||
| (0.65 to 3.55) | (0.34 to 1.82) | ||||||||||
| Other | 5 (5) | 4 (4) | 7 (7) | 6 (6) | |||||||
| Knowledge of signs of pneumonia: | |||||||||||
| Indrawing: | |||||||||||
| Yes | 27 (28) | 26 (25) | 26 (27) | 20 (21) | 1.17 | 0.56 | 1.28 | 0.30 | Mantel-Haenszel test: χ2=0.13, P=0.72 | ||
| (0.75 to 1.84) | (0.82 to 2.02) | ||||||||||
| No | 68 (72) | 78 (75) | 71 (73) | 77 (79) | |||||||
| Tachypnoea: | |||||||||||
| Yes | 51 (54) | 56 (54) | 56 (58) | 44 (45) | 1.09 | 0.69 | 1.27 | 0.27 | Mantel-Haenszel test: χ2=1.54, P=0.21 | ||
| (0.74 to 1.62) | (0.86 to 1.89) | ||||||||||
| No | 44 (46) | 48 (46) | 41 (42) | 53 (55) | |||||||
| In case of diarrhoea knows to: | |||||||||||
| Continue breast feeding: | |||||||||||
| Yes | 50 (53) | 51 (49) | 49 (51) | 48 (49) | 1.03 | 0.92 | 1.10 | 0.69 | Mantel-Haenszel test: χ2=0.064, P=0.799 | ||
| (0.69 to 1.53) | (0.74 to 1.63) | ||||||||||
| No | 45 (47) | 53 (51) | 48 (49) | 49 (51) | |||||||
| Give oral rehydration solution: | |||||||||||
| Yes | 89 (94) | 96 (92) | 94 (97) | 90 (93) | 0.72 | 0.53 | 1.64 | 0.3 | Mantel-Haenszel test: χ2=0.568, P=0.45 | ||
| (0.32 to 1.63) | (0.71 to 3.76) | ||||||||||
| No | 6 (6) | 8 (8) | 3 (3) | 7 (7) | |||||||
| Any contraceptive used for family planning: | |||||||||||
| No | 62 (65) | 64 (62) | 72 (74) | 71 (73) | 1.62 | 0.03 | 0.86 | 0.59 | Mantel-Haenszel test: χ2=0.06, P=0.81 | ||
| (1.06 to 2.50) | (0.58 to 1.35) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 33 (35) | 40 (38) | 25 (26) | 26 (27) | |||||||
*
Group A=health education given immediately after birth and at 3 months later; group B=education given at birth only; group C=education given at 3 months only; group D=no education given.
†
BCG plus three doses of diphtheria and pertussis vaccine and oral polio vaccine.