Table 4 KMC practice and attitudes at follow-up visits
| Â | Follow-up visit n(%) | Crude analysis | Weight adjusted analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | First (n = 182) | Second (n = 175) | Third (n = 170) | Fourth (n = 157) | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value |
Mother practicing KMC | 181 (99.5) | 172 (98.3) | 165 (97.1) | 148 (94.3) | 0.4 (0.1-0.8) | 0.009 | 1.4 (0.6-3.3) | 0.433 |
Practicing KMC at night | 160 (87.9) | 162 (92.6) | 163 (95.9) | 144 (91.7) | 1.2 (0.9-1.6) | 0.113 | 1.7 (1.2-2.6) | 0.005 |
Practicing KMC outside Home | 106 (58.2) | 126 (72.0) | 142 (83.5) | 142 (90.4) | 3.0 (2.2-3.9) | < 0.001 | 2.4 (1.7-3.3) | < 0.001 |
Spouse knowing about KMC? | 157 (82.5) | 151 (86.3) | 145 (85.3) | 146 (93.0) | 1.3 (1.0-1.7) | 0.063 | 1.0 (0.7-1.4) | 0.920 |
Spouse/Helper practicing KMC? | 121 (66.5) | 130 (74.3) | 128 (75.3) | 130 (82.8) | 1.7 (1.4-2.2) | < 0.001 | 1.6 (1.1-2.4) | 0.007 |
Cooking preventing KMC | 30 (16.5) | 30 (17.1) | 26 (15.3) | 24 (15.3) | 0.8 (0.6-1.1) | 0.251 | 0.8 (0.5-1.2) | 0.282 |
Strange looks preventing KMC | 7 (3.8) | 5 (2.9) | 8 (4.7) | 3 (1.9) | 0.9 (0.6-1.3) | 0.543 | 1.0 (0.6-1.7) | 0.934 |
Baby suckling | 172 (94.5) | 168 (96.0) | 163 (95.9) | 152 (96.8) | 1.4 (0.8-2.6) | 0.224 | 1.1 (0.5-2.4) | 0.707 |
Baby taking EBM | 150 (82.4) | 145 (82.9) | 147 (86.5) | 129 (82.2) | 1.0 (0.8-1.3) | 0.875 | 1.6 (1.1-2.3) | 0.011 |
Baby taking water | 6 (3.3) | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0.1 (0.0-0.8) | 0.031 | 0.0 (0.0-0.6) | 0.023 |
Baby taking other feeds | 7 (3.8) | 6 (3.4) | 7 (4.1) | 5 (3.2) | 1.1 (0.3-4.0) | 0.931 | 1.0 (0.4-2.8) | 0.944 |
Weight (kgs) mean(sd) | 1.6 (0.3) | 1.8 (0.4) | 2.0 (0.4) | 2.3 (0.5) | _ | < 0.001 | _ | _ |