Table 5.
Impact on postnatal care
| Postnatal care | Trained TBA | Untrained TBA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretest (n = 20) | Post-test | Pretest (n = 30) | Post-test | |||
| Early (n = 17) | Late (n = 15) | Early (n = 28) | Late (n = 25) | |||
| Provide postnatal care | 50 | 70.5 | 93.3** | 0 | 28.6* | 60** |
| Referral if complications | 60 | 88.2 | 100** | 23.3 | 78.6* | 100** |
| Advice on family planning services | 40 | 70.5* | 93.3** | 0 | 57.1* | 80** |
* Indicates the statistically significant (p < 0.05) improvement in the percentage of TBAs at early post-test evaluation compared to pretest
** Indicates the statistically significant (p < 0.05) improvement in the percentage of TBAs at late post-test evaluation compared to pretest