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. 2015 Apr 11;15:360. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1708-3

Table 5.

Effect of intervention on reported content of care 1

% Control % Intervention (All sites) % Intervention (HC only) Odds ratio 2
(All sites) (HC only)
Before After Before After Before After
N = 350 N = 422 N = 775 N = 1434 N = 416 N = 843
Physical examination
  Blood pressure 94.7 94.2 97.4 96.4 96.9 96.1 0.8 (0.4;1.8) 0.9 (0.4;2.2)
  Weight measurement 96.0 95.2 98.2 98.3 98.1 98.2 1.3 (0.5;3.3) 1.3 (0.4;4.0)
  Abdominal examination 71.4 91.6 91.5 96.8 87.7 96.4 0.7 (0.4;1.3) 0.9 (0.5;1.7)
Laboratory tests
  HIV test 89.7 94.4 94.8 98.0 93.0 97.9 1.2 (0.6;2.6) 1.6 (0.7;3.6)
  Blood test, other 48.4 59.9 73.0 87.6 66.4 87.5 2.1 (1.4;3.1) 2.9 (1.9;4.5)
  Urine analysis 50.4 80.1 86.1 94.6 72.1 93.1 1.3 (0.8;2.1) 1.8 (1.1;3.0)
TT immunization 94.0 86.3 90.0 93.2 93.7 94.9 3.7 (2.0;6.9) 3.1 (1.5;6.3)
Health education topics
  Danger signs during pregnancy 35.2 42.7 38.2 65.2 33.0 71.0 2.3 (1.6;3.3) 3.9 (2.6; 5.7)
  Need for health facility delivery 44.0 62.6 58.2 77.6 54.8 83.9 1.2 (0.9;1.8) 2.2 (1.5;3.2)
  Nutritional needs during pregnancy 47.3 61.6 62.9 76.3 61.9 82.6 1.1 (0.8;1.6) 1.7 (1.2;2.6)
  Breastfeeding 50.3 65.4 58.1 77.2 56.8 84.6 1.3 (0.9;1.9) 2.3 (1.5;3.4)
Health staff practices
  Discomfort caused by students 22.4 14.1 28.1 17.4 20.6 14.9 0.9 (0.6;1.4) 1.1 (0.7;1.8)
  Poor conduct of health staff 4.9 2.4 5.4 1.8 4.3 1.6 0.6 (0.2;1.6) 0.7 (0.2;2.1)
ANC surroundings
  Waiting less than 1 hour pre service 84.9 78.6 69.8 78.9 81.5 87.1 2.6 (1.7;4.1) 2.6 (1.6;4.3)
Distal project outcomes
  Health problem identified 14.0 14.1 13.6 19.9 12.4 20.3 1.6 (1.0;2.5) 1.8 (1.1;3.1)
  Not satisfied with service 14.0 9.1 8.6 3.4 7.5 2.3 0.5 (0.3;1.0) 0.4 (0.2;0.9)

1Numbers are % before and after the intervention period at control or intervention sites, and OR with 95% CI.

2The odds ratios (95% CI) express the change from before to after at the intervention sites relative to the change at the control site.