Table 1.
Summary of Results
| Study | Outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulmezoglu 2007 | Objective measures of behavior change: | Location | Intervention Rate change | Control Rate change | Difference in adjusted end of study rate (I-C)* | P |
| Social support during labour | Mexico | −2.5 | −1.0 | 0.1 | 0.58 | |
| Thailand | 18.4 | 5.9 | 18.2 | 0.15 | ||
| MgSO4 for eclampsia | Mexico | 26.5 | 11.1 | 3.8 | 0.88 | |
| Thailand | −26.5 | 17.1 | −11.2 | 0.58 | ||
| Corticosteroids at < 34 weeks | Mexico | 7.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 0.64 | |
| Thailand | 4.4 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 0.63 | ||
| Selective episiotomy | Mexico | −5.7 | −5.6 | 3.2 | 0.49 | |
| Thailand | 4.2 | −1.2 | 5.3 | 0.05 | ||
| Antibiotic use for C-section | Mexico | 14.5 | 2.4 | 19.0 | 0.12 | |
| Thailand | 9.8 | 13.9 | 4.6 | 0.66 | ||
| Vacuum extraction delivery | Mexico | −0.4 | −0.3 | 0.1 | 0.37 | |
| Thailand | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.95 | ||
| Measures of knowledge change | Location | Timepoint | Intervention | Control | ||
| Knowledge of RHL | Mexico | Baseline | 24.8% (78/314) | 33.5% (65/195) | ||
| Endpoint | 65.5% (210/307) | 39.2% (62/158) | ||||
| Thailand | Baseline | 33.9% (57/168) | 38.2% (58/152) | |||
| Endpoint | 83.3% (120/144) | NR | ||||
| Proportion of staff using RHL once a month | Mexico | Baseline | 4.8% | 7.2% | ||
| Endpoint | 34.9% | 12.7% | ||||
| Thailand | Baseline | 15.5% | NR | |||
| Endpoint | 76.4% | NR | ||||
| Jousimaa 2002 | Objective measures of behavior change: | Intervention (%: n guideline compliant consultations/n relevant consultations) | Control (%: n guideline compliant consultations/n relevant consultations) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | ICC | |
| Laboratory examinations | 90.3% (1481/1640) | 89.7% (1372/1529) | 1.07 (0.79, 1.44) | 0.015 | ||
| Radiological examinations | 93.8% (1504/1604) | 93.3% (1416/1518) | 1.09 (0.81, 1.46) | 0 | ||
| Physical examinations | 92.8% (1494/1610) | 94.6% (1461/1545) | 0.74 (0.51, 1.06) | 0.015 | ||
| Other examinations | 74.8% (235/314) | 80.8% (248/307) | 0.71 (0.43, 1.36) | 0.021 | ||
| Procedures | 77.6% (152/196) | 81.9% (140/171) | 0.77 (0.43, 1.36) | 0 | ||
| Physiotherapy | 78.6% (77/98) | 80.6% (83/103) | 0.88 (0.34, 2.32) | 0.195 | ||
| Nonpharmacologic treatment | 87.0% (80/92) | 90.2% (110/122) | 0.73 (0.22, 2.41) | 0.058 | ||
| Pharmacological treatment | 84.1% (1391/1654) | 86.1% (1350/1568) | 0.85 (0.67, 1.09) | 0.010 | ||
| Referrals | 96.1% (1619/1684) | 95.6% (1508/1578) | 1.13 (0.79, 1.63) | 0.002 |
*
The differences reported are differences in the adjusted end of study rates between the intervention and the control groups, not differences in rate changes.