Table 7. Differences in proportion and type of postpartum complications reported in participant interviews of women from intervention and control areas in 4 districts of Bangladesh.

Postpartum complications	Intervention	Control	p-Value*
Women who had complications after delivery	(n = 594)	(n = 506)
Any complications	33.5 (25.1–41.9)	48.2 (36.7–59.7)	0.02
Eclampsia	1.7 (0.0–3.4)	2.2 (1.5–2.9)	0.61
Bleeding after delivery	7.9 (3.9–11.9)	17.0 (5.7–28.2)	0.04
Fever/infection	13.3 (7.8–18.9)	19.8 (9.1–30.4)	0.22
Abdominal pain	15.5 (9.8–21.2)	26.5 (13.7–39.3)	0.05
Weakness	24.5 (16.4–32.5)	36.4 (24.8–48.0)	0.06
Edema	0.5 (0.0–1.2)	2.0 (0.6–3.3)	0.03
High blood pressure	1.0 (0.0–2.1)	0.6 (0.0–1.5)	0.53
Other complication	2.7 (0.0–5.7)	2.6 (0.6–4.6)	0.94
Treatments due to severity of condition (of women reporting complications)	(n = 199)	(n = 244)
Went to hospital	36.2 (23.6–48.7)	30.7 (15.9–45.5)	0.49
Of those seeking care at a facility	(n = 72)	(n = 75)
Received transfusion	9.7 (0.0–21.9)	8.0 (0.0–18.5)	0.83
Received medicine	98.6 (95.7–100)	96.0 (93.0–99.0)	0.71

Data given as percent (95% CI).

*Accounts for clustering at upazila level.