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