Table 4.

Reported COVID-related effects to antenatal care utilisation among women who delivered during COVID

Effects	Women who delivered during COVID-19 (n=540)
Reported COVID-19 to affect accessing or attending ANC
Yes	255 (47.2)
No	285 (52.8)
Among those who reported COVID-19 to affect accessing or attending ANC (n=255)*
Facility was closed, too busy or not accepting patients	156 (61.2)
Scared to get COVID if going to hospital/health facility	50 (19.6)
Could not afford care because of COVID	38 (14.9)
Scared to get COVID if going out into community	37 (14.5)
COVID-related restrictions (eg, curfew, mask mandate)	30 (11.8)
Scared of police or other officials	8 (3.1)
Inability to pay for or find transportation	7 (2.8)
Do not trust health facility right now	4 (1.6)

Frequency (proportion) shown.

*Responses are not mutually exclusive.

ANC, antenatal care.