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. 2019 Oct 22;16:150. doi: 10.1186/s12978-019-0820-8

Table 3.

Knowledge of danger signs and birth preparedness in nested cohort

Knowledge indicators at end line by intervention clusters, n = 114
Participants who identified Intervention cohort (n = 62) Control cohort (n = 52) p-value
Key danger signs during pregnancy 19 (31%) 5 (10%) 0.01
Key danger signs during labor and childbirth 6 (10%) 4 (8%) 0.75
Key danger signs during the postpartum period 7 (11%) 5 (10%) 1.00
Key danger signs in the newborn 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 0.50
Key aspects of birth preparedness 18 (29%) 14 (27%) 0.84
Change in knowledge indicators within intervention clusters, n = 62
Participants who identified Baseline Endline p-value
Key danger signs during pregnancy 1 (2%) 19 (31%) < 0.001
Key danger signs during labor and childbirth 1 (2%) 6 (10%) 0.06
Key danger signs during the postpartum period 3 (5%) 7 (11%) 0.21
Key danger signs in the newborn 1 (2%) 2 (3%) 0.56
Key aspects of birth preparedness 25 (40%) 18 (29%) 0.16
Change in knowledge indicators within control clusters n = 52
Participants who identified Baseline Endline p-value
Key danger signs during pregnancy 1 (2%) 5 (10%) 0.10
Key danger signs during labor and childbirth 0 (0%) 4 (8%) ^
Key danger signs during the postpartum period 2 (4%) 5 (10%) 0.08
Key danger signs in the newborn 0 (0%) 0 (0%) ^
Key aspects of birth preparedness 22 (42%) 14 (27%) 0.05

^ No statistics computed since no participants at baseline and/or end line identified signs