Table 3. Maternal self-reported morbidity during pregnancy.
| Enrollment (Baseline information) | After Intervention (Pre-Birth Data)a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morbidity Experience (n, %) | Control n=521 | Intervention n=480 | P-value | Control n=521 | Intervention n=480 | P-value |
| High blood pressure | ||||||
| Yes | 14 (2.6) | 12 (2.5) | 0.548 | 9 (1.8) | 14 (3.0) | 0.943 |
| No | 507 (97.4) | 468 (97.5) | 512 (98.2) | 466 (97.0) | ||
| Gestational diabetes | ||||||
| Yes | 3 (0.6) | 4 (0.8) | 0.474 | 3 (0.6) | 4 (0.8) | 0.510 |
| No | 518 (99.4) | 476 (99.2) | 518 (99.4) | 476 (99.2) | ||
| Malaria | ||||||
| Yes | 92 (17.7) | 57 (11.9) | 0.001 | 41 (7.9) | 47 (9.7) | 0.001 |
| No | 429 (82.3) | 423 (88.1) | 480 (92.1) | 433 (90.3) | ||
| Fever | ||||||
| Yes | 145 (27.7) | 69 (14.4) | 0.001 | 153 (29.4) | 69 (14.3) | <0.001 |
| No | 376 (72.3) | 411(85.6) | 368 (70.6) | 411 (85.7) | ||
| Anemia | ||||||
| Yes | 45 (8.6) | 37 (7.7) | 0.300 | 39 (7.5) | 26 (5.4) | 0.422 |
| No | 476 (91.4) | 443 (92.3) | 482 (92.5) | 454 (94.6) | ||
| Severe nausea and vomiting (morning sickness) | ||||||
| Yes | 253 (48.5) | 191 (39.8) | 0.001 | 212 (40.6) | 179 (37.2) | 0.002 |
| No | 268 (51.5) | 289 (60.2) | 309 (59.4) | 301 (62.8) | ||
a
Majority (73.7%) were in the third trimester during data collection and there was no statistical difference among the group.