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. 2021 Dec 17;11(12):e056392. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056392

Table 5.

Receipt by gestational age at visit

Service observed Less than 4 months (%) 4–6 months (%) 7–8 months (%) 9+ months (%) χ2 p value
IFA or medicine related
 Received IFA tablets 20.90 66.40 69.10 69.00 p<0.01
 Woman was given deworming tablets 20.60 30.50 0.90 0.00 p<0.01
 Woman was given or told to buy calcium tablets 19.70 51.10 53.20 45.60 p<0.01
Physical examination
 Woman’s blood pressure was measured 69.60 65.80 67.50 70.80 0.335
 Woman’s weight was measured 69.00 68.40 68.20 69.90 0.958
 Woman was given a prescription for a blood sample 56.40 36.50 16.60 13.40 p<0.01
 Woman was given a prescription for a urine sample 56.10 37.20 17.30 13.40 p<0.01
Counselling
 Woman was told why deworming tablet was given 3.00 1.60 0.50 0.60 0.015
 Woman was told anything about her BP 66.00 61.20 62.70 63.80 0.479
 Woman was told anything about weight/gain/loss 67.50 65.80 64.10 65.70 0.805
 Was told why biospecimen (urine or blood) should be given 53.40 41.70 25.80 24.30 p<0.01
 Woman was given advice about food/nutrition during pregnancy 72.50 64.00 61.30 60.20 p<0.01
 Received counselling on smoking and/or drinking 29.60 22.30 13.10 16.70 p<0.01
 Woman was given any advice on breast feeding 14.30 12.10 16.40 28.90 p<0.01
 Woman was told to deliver in a facility 28.40 25.60 27.20 61.10 p<0.01
 Received counselling on post partum-related subjects 14.90 13.00 15.90 28.60 p<0.01

IFA, Iron Folic-Acid.