How much time is available for antenatal care consultations? Assessment of the quality of care in rural Tanzania

Table 2 Duration for subsequent antenatal consultations in the birth plan intervention in Ngorongoro, rural Tanzania

Time spent	Intervention (n = 8)			Control (n = 8)			p-value
	Mean	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Minimum	Maximum
Average total time in minutes for ANC consultation	23.3[19.3-27.3]	15	31	10.3[7.1-13.9]	6	17	0.0001
Average time in minutes for familiarization or history taking	2.9[1.8-3.9]	2	5	1.5[1.1-1.9]	1	2	0.0176
Time in minutes for health education and counselling	13.8[10.6-16.9]	6	17	4.5[1.1-7.3]	0	10	0.0001
Time in minutes for examination	4.0[2.3-5.7]	2	8	2.0[0.9-3.1]	1	5	0.0355
Time in minutes for drug administration	2.7[2.3-3.1]	2	3	2.8[2.0-3.5]	1	4	0.070

Note: Unless otherwise stated numbers indicate the mean cluster level time in minutes and those in brackets indicate respective 95% confidence intervals. The p-values are from the t-test statistic for the mean difference between the two arms of the study.

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