TABLE 2.
Scores at enrollment |
Mean increase in scores from enrollment to the 9-mo postpartum visit |
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Index scores (possible range) | INT (n = 250) | CON (n = 255) | P-difference2 | INT (n = 193) | CON (n = 192) | DiD (95% CI)3 |
Nutrition and health knowledge (0–14) | 3.7 ± 2.3 | 3.4 ± 2.2 | 0.45 | 2.6 ± 2.7 | 1.6 ± 2.2 | 1.0 (0.1, 1.9)* |
VA knowledge domain (0–4) | 1.0 ± 1.2 | 0.6 ± 1.2 | 0.04 | 1.0 ± 1.5 | 0.2 ± 1.2 | 0.8 (0.4, 1.2)‡ |
IYCF knowledge domain (0–8) | 2.2 ± 1.5 | 2.4 ± 1.3 | 0.15 | 1.5 ± 1.8 | 1.2 ± 1.4 | 0.4 (−0.3, 1.1) |
Values are mean ± SDs. *P < 0.05, ‡P < 0.01. CON, control; DiD, difference in difference; INT, intervention; IYCF, infant and young child feeding; Mama SASHA, Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa; VA, vitamin A.
P values for the difference in mean scores at enrollment estimated from cluster-adjusted regression analyses.
Estimates and 95% CIs for differences in mean change in knowledge scores estimated from restricted maximum likelihood estimation by using mixed-effects models.