Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of Study Population

Baseline characteristics		Control group (n = 4373)	Intervention group (n = 4221)	Statistical analysis
Age		24.86 ± 3.8	24.88 ± 3.6	t = − 0.434 p = 0.66
Parity	Primigravida	1875(43.04%)	1809 (42.87%)	X2 = 0.0003369 df = 1 p = 0.9854
	Multigravida	2498 (56.96%)	2412 (57.13%)
Socioeconomic status*	Class II (upper middle)	214 (4.9%)	211 (5%)	X2 = 1.477 df = 3 p = 0.6875
	Class III (lower middle)	869(19.88%)	845(20%)
	Class IV (upper lower)	1496(34.22%)	1393(33%)
	Class V (lower)	1794 (41%)	1772 (42%)

*Modified Kuppuswamy’s Scale