Table 3. Intervention process measures among women identified as at high risk for preterm birth in intervention clusters.
n/N (%) | |
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Women identified as at high risk for preterm birth by the intervention | 6214/48 219* (13%) |
Location of identification | |
Community level | 3741/6214 (60%) |
Primary health care | 1666/6214 (27%) |
Hospital | 807/6214 (13%) |
Location of first dose administration | |
Community level | 1209/6109 (20%) |
Primary health care | 3853/6109 (63%) |
Hospital | 1047/6109 (17%) |
Maternal conditions at time of antenatal corticosteroid use | |
Signs of preterm labour | 4789/6214 (77%) |
Preterm premature rupture of membranes | 1204/6214 (19%) |
Haemorrhage | 432/6214 (7%) |
Hypertension | 902/6214 (15%) |
Other | 186/6214 (3%) |
Estimated gestational age at identification (weeks) | |
20–23 | 8/6026 (<1%) |
24–27 | 778/6026 (13%) |
28–32 | 2190/6026 (36%) |
33–36 | 3031/6026 (50%) |
37–39 | 19/6026 (<1%) |
Received antenatal corticosteroids | 6109/6214 (98%) |
Antenatal corticosteroid kits with dexamethasone doses (6 mg) used | |
1 dose | 1316/5973 (22%) |
2 doses | 317/5973 (5%) |
3 doses | 149/5973 (2%) |
4 doses (complete course) | 4191/5973 (70%) |
The denominator for all percentages apart from the first is the number of women identified as at high risk for preterm birth by the intervention, excluding missing data (varies by characteristic).
48 219 is the total number of pregnant women enrolled in intervention clusters.