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. 2022 Jan 17;22:43. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-04344-w

Table 5.

Sensitivity analyses incorporating levels of fidelity to the intervention

Absolut event rate
(n)
RD
95%CIa a
OR
95%CI b
Intervention Control
Protocol-adherent communities vs control communities (cluster n = 13) (cluster n = 40)
 Total traditional childbirths c d

0.34

(40/119)

0.11

(48/457)

0.23

0.09 to 0.38

8.67

2.70 to 27.8

 Unattended childbirths

0.03

(4/117)

0.06

(26/456)

−0.02

−0.08 to 0.03

0.69

0.18 to 2.72

 Perinatal mortality

0.03

(3/122)

0.03

(16/468)

−0.02

−0.06 to 0.03

0.66

0.25 to 1.77

 Neonatal complications

0.06

(7/118)

0.09

(39/456)

−0.03

−0.10 to 0.04

0.61

0.25 to 1.71

 Childbirth complications c

0.03

(3/119)

0.08

(35/456)

−0.05

−0.08 to −0.02

0.35

0.14 to 0.92

As treated (cluster n = 22) (cluster n = 40)

 Childbirth complications

Fear or good performance vs control c

0.03

(6/199)

0.08

(35/456)

−0.05

−0.08 to −0.01

0.37

0.15 to 0.90

(cluster n = 58)

 Childbirth complications

Fear or good vs control and poor performance c

0.03

(6/199)

0.07

(48/650)

−0.04

−0.08 to −0.01

0.39

0.16 to 0.93

Instrumental variable (cluster n = 40) (cluster n = 40)
 Perinatal mortality

0.03

(3/122)

0.03

(16/468)

−0.03

−0.12 to 0.06

 Neonatal complications

0.06

(7/118)

0.09

(39/456)

−0.11

− 0.25 to 0.04

 Childbirth complications c

0.03

(3/119)

0.08

(35/456)

−0.09

−0.18 to 0.00

RD risk difference, OR odds ratio

aBaseline-adjusted cluster-level analysis using t-test as presented by Campbell, 2014

bOR and confidence intervals calculated with a GLMM using lme4 package in R

cSignificant differences at the 5% level

dat home, with traditional midwife and family and in preferred vertical position