Table 3.
Comparison of Women’s Referral Support and Knowledge by Referral Attendance Status
| Response | N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Attended Referral | Did Not Attend Referral | p-value | |
| Know other mothers that have had USa | 452/510 (88.6) | 164/190 (86.3) | 0.9199 |
| Baby’s father thinks she should have USa | 486/509 (95.5) | 183/190 (96.3) | 0.6845 |
| Other family members think she should have USa | 492/509 (96.7) | 179/190 (94.2) | 0.0454* |
| Planned to attend referral visita | 493/503 (98.0) | 84/186 (45.2) | <.0001* |
| Told the date that she should go to referral hospitala | 446/505 (88.3) | 163/188 (86.7) | 0.0299* |
| Told where in the hospital to visit firsta | 476/505 (94.3) | 154/188 (81.9) | 0.0002* |
| Given a card that indicated she should go to the referral hospital, to show at hospitala | 486/505 (96.2) | 184/188 (97.9) | 0.5759 |
| Told who to see at the referral hospitala | 444/505 (87.9) | 122/186 (65.6) | <.0001* |
| Knew what the process would be once at the hospitala | 316/503 (62.8) | 115/185 (62.2) | 0.0143* |
| Told that hospital is expecting her arrivala | 344/502 (68.5) | 103/185 (55.7) | 0.0002* |
Abbreviation: US ultrasound
aHypotheses test results: p-values calculated from Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test (General Association statistic)
*Denotes p-value < 0.05