Table 2. Follow-up health information collected during the last home visit before infant delivery.
| Variable | Control n=521 | Intervention n=480 | P-values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average number of ANC visits | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| 3 or less times | 254 (48.8) | 230 48.0) | |||
| 4-5 times | 232 (44.4) | 191 (39.8) | 0.003 | ||
| 6 or more | 35 (6.8) | 59 (12.2) | |||
| Time of last antenatal visit, weeks | |||||
| 1st and 2nd trimester (<28 weeks) | 27 (5.1) | 13 (3.0) | |||
| 3rd trimester (≥ 28 weeks) | 494 (94.9) | 466 (97.0) | 0.030 | ||
| MUAC, cm | |||||
| At risk of LBW (<23 cm) | 64 (12.3) | 50 (10.4) | |||
| Normal (23-32 cm) | 414 (79.5) | 422 (88.0) | <0.001 | ||
| Overweight and obese (≥ 33 cm) | 43 (8.2) | 8 (1.6) | |||
| Delivery personnel | |||||
| Doctor/clinical officer | 277 (53.1) | 169 (35.3) | |||
| Nurse/midwife | 228 (43.7) | 281 (58.6) | <0.001 | ||
| Others a | 16 (3.2) | 20 (6.1) | |||
| Mode of delivery | |||||
| Spontaneous vertex delivery | 425 (81.6) | 388 (80.8) | 0.407 | ||
| Cesarean | 96 (18.4) | 92 (19.2) | |||
| Place of delivery | |||||
| Health facility | 513 (98.5) | 473 (98.6) | 0.132 | ||
| Home | 8 (1.5) | 7 (1.4) | |||
| Birth weight distribution | |||||
| LBW (<2.5 kg) | 35 (6.7) | 12 (2.5) | |||
| Normal (2.5-3.9 kg) | 444 (85.2) | 430 (89.6) | <0.001 | ||
| Macrosomia (≥4 kg) | 42 (8.1) | 38 (7.9) | |||
| Mean gestation age at birth, weeks | |||||
| Preterm births (<37 weeks) | 144 (27.6) | 111 (23.2) | 0.003 | ||
| Term and post term births (≥ 37 weeks) | 377 (72.4) | 369 (76.8) | |||
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relative, neighbor, friend, self, traditional birth attendant.
ANC: antenatal care, MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference, LBW: low birth weight.