Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the participants by study group .
| Characteristics |
Intervention
(n = 41) |
Control
(n = 42) |
Characteristics |
Intervention
(n = 41) |
Control
(n = 42) |
| Age (Years) | Housewife | 38 (92.7) | 40 (95.2) | ||
| ≤ 19 | 5 (12.2) | 5 (11.9) | Husband’s job | ||
| 20-34 | 33 (80.5) | 32 (76.2) | Laborer | 17 (41.5) | 11 (26.2) |
| ≥ 35 | 3 (7.3) | 5 (11.9) | Employee | 6 (14.6) | 6 (14.3) |
| Mean (SD) | 26.6 (5.6) | 26.7 (5.6) | Private | 18 (43.9) | 25 (59.5) |
| Gestational age*, Mean (SD) | 8.9 (2.4) | 9.3 (2.7) | Living with the spouse’s family | 4 (9.8) | 7 (16.7) |
|
Marriage duration
less than 2 years |
16 (39.0) | 10 (23.8) | Unwanted pregnancy | 9 (22.0) | 9 (21.4) |
| Nulliparous | 23 (56.1) | 22 (52.4) | Average income less than 5 million Riyals | 25 (61.0) | 22 (52.4) |
| Women’s education | Main information source | ||||
| Elementary (≤8 years) | 17 (41.5) | 13 (31.0) | Books | 13 (31.7) | 12 (28.6) |
| Secondary | 19 (46.3) | 22 (52.4) | Family and friends | 7 (17.1) | 4 (9.5) |
| College | 5 (12.2) | 7 (16.7) | Health care staffs | 2 (4.9) | 5 (11.9) |
| Husband’s education | Satellite | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | ||
| Elementary (≤8 years) | 21 (51.2) | 23 (54.8) | No information is obtained | 19 (46.3) | 20 (47.6) |
| Secondary | 14 (34.1) | 16 (38.1) | |||
| college | 6 (14.6) | 3 (7.1) | |||
| The data are given as n (%) unless otherwise is specified. * Weeks at enrolment | |||||