Table 5. Relative risk for receiving a postnatal home visit within 3 days after birth.
Bangladesh | Malawi | Nepal | Meta-Analysis | |||||||||||
Relative risk | Relative risk | Relative risk | Relative risk | |||||||||||
n | Crude | Adjusted (95% CI) | p value | n | Crude | Adjusted(95% CI) | p value | n | Crude | Adjusted (95% CI) | p value | Adjusted (95% CI) | p value | |
Pregnancy home visits | ||||||||||||||
None (Ref) | 39 | 520 | 18 | |||||||||||
At least one | 359 | 2.95 | 2.45 (1.29–4.68) | 0.008 | 278 | 7.37 | 2.22 (1.16–4.27) | 0.017 | 357 | 1.82 | 1.61 (0.63 –4.16) | 0.309 | 2.18 (1.46–3.25) | 0.000 |
Place of delivery | ||||||||||||||
Facility (Ref) | 105 | 745 | 501 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
Non-facility | 293 | 1.66 | 1.35 (1.02–1.79) | 0.038 | 53 | 1.69 | 1.24(0.82–1.89) | 0.303 | 114 | 1.45 | 1.63 (1.32–2.00) | 0.000 | 1.48 (1.28–1.73) | 0.000 |
Birth notification | ||||||||||||||
No (Ref) | 240 | 644 | 207 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
Yes | 158 | 1.97 | 1.68 (1.42–1.99) | 0.000 | 154 | 17.77 | 12.01 (5.63–25.59) | 0.000 | 408 | 1.37 | 1.49(1.13–1.96) | 0.006 | 2.66 (1.40–5.08) | 0.003 |
Maternal age | ||||||||||||||
<20 (Ref) | 55 | 118 | 96 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
20–29 | 257 | 1.26 | 1.23 (0.92–1.64) | 0.150 | 458 | 0.85 | 0.86 (0.60–1.23) | 0.392 | 453 | 1.30 | 1.29 (0.97–1.72) | 0.075 | NA | NA |
30+ | 86 | 1.36 | 1.19 (0.84–1.69) | 0.313 | 222 | 0.91 | 0.94 (0.60–1.47) | 0.768 | 66 | 1.08 | 1.08 (0.70–1.64) | 0.728 | ||
Maternal Education | ||||||||||||||
None (Ref) | 65 | 92 | 258 | |||||||||||
Any | 333 | 0.88 | 0.89 (0.69–1.15) | 0.378 | 706 | 1.43 | 1.72 (0.94–3.18) | 0.080 | 357 | 1.02 | 1.06 (0.90–1.24) | 0.487 | NA | NA |
TOTAL | 398 | 798 | 615 |