Table 3.
Effect of the intervention on knowledge of danger signs among women in Rufiji and Mkuranga districts
| Pre intervention (N = 798) | Post intervention | Difference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 798) | (n = 786) | (n = 744) | (n = 742) | ||||||
| Knowledge | Intervention (%) | Comparison (%) | Difference (%) | Intervention (%) | Comparison (%) | Difference (%) | NIE (%) | CI 95 % | p-value |
| During Pregnancy | |||||||||
| Heavy Bleeding | 14.7 | 15 | 0.3 | 41.3 | 15.5 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 11.6–32.8 | < .0001 |
| Fever | 19.7 | 17.9 | 1.8 | 30.2 | 23.6 | 6.6 | 4.8 | -1.5–11.8 | 0.078 |
| Fits | 14.4 | 17.3 | -2.9 | 26.5 | 15.8 | 10.7 | 13.6 | 10.7–20.2 | < .0001 |
| Headache | 5.1 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 3.8–11.5 | < .0001 |
| Knowledge of at least 3 (Out of 12) | 15.2 | 18.5 | -3.3 | 48.1 | 22.4 | 25.7 | 29.0 | 12.8–36.2 | < .0001 |
| During Childbirth | |||||||||
| Bleeding | 24.9 | 24.4 | 0.5 | 53.1 | 34.5 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 12–25.2 | < .0001 |
| Fever | 4.8 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | -1.5–3.9 | 0.376 |
| Prolonged labour | 3.6 | 7.9 | -4.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | -0.2 | 4.1 | 3.5–8.1 | < .0001 |
| Knowledge of at least 3 (Out of 10) | 15.3 | 13.9 | 1.4 | 43.1 | 23.5 | 19.7 | 18.3 | 11.4–25.2 | < .0001 |
| During Postpartum | |||||||||
| Bleeding | 15.1 | 19.0 | -2.9 | 39.8 | 15.2 | 24.6 | 27.5 | 21.8–30.8 | < .0001 |
| Fever | 2.2 | 5.3 | -3.1 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 6.3 | -1-6–5.2 | 0.763 |
| Body weakness | 7.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 0.7 | -2.9 | -1.1–6.8 | 0.145 |
| Fits | 8.9 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 16.5 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 2.3–15.1 | < .0001 |
| Knowledge of at least 3 (out of 8) | 8.8 | 8.9 | -0.1 | 19.8 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 6.4–15.7 | < .0001 |