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Table 4 Timing in gestational age of primary and secondary outcomes

From: Mobile phones improve antenatal care attendance in Zanzibar: a cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention mean (+- SD)

Control mean (+- SD)

Unadjusted difference* (95% CI)

Adjusted difference** (95% CI)

Primary outcome

    

Weeks of gestation at antenatal care visit no

    

1

20.71 (4.69)

20.10 (4.80)

0.68 (-0.39–1.74)

0.64 (-0.44–1.73)

2

26.13 (4·04)

25.92 (4.29)

0.20 (-0.45–0.86)

0.13 (-0.51–0.77)

3

30.27 (3·50)

30.41 (3.88)

-0.32 (-1.31–0.67)

-0.37 (-1.34–0.61)

4

33.39 (3·05)

32.79 (3.14)

0.21 (-0.83–1.25)

0.29 (-0.72–1.30)

5

35.45 (2·45)

34.77 (2.37)

0.53 (-0.46–1.51)

0.45 (-0.57–1.47)

Secondary outcomes

    

Weeks of gestation at tetatnus vaccination of nullipara***

    

TT1

20.28 (5.08)

19.46 (5.15)

0.90 (-0 · 39–2.18)

-0.05 (-0.94–0.85)

TT2

25.53 (4.05)

25.42 (4.78)

0.07 (-1.10–1.24)

-0.84 (-1.93–0.26)

Weeks of gestation at Intermittent Preventive Treatment in pregnancy

    

IPTp1

23.75 (3.48)

22.93 (3.84)

0.80 (0.06-1.54)

0.83 (0.06–1.59)

IPTp2

29.33 (3.25)

28.90 (3.48)

0.59 (-0.49–1.66)

0.59 (-0.48–1.65)

Weeks of gestation at last antenatal care visit

31.81 (4.90)

30.15 (5.86)

1.41 (-0.21–3.02)

1.38 (-0.23–2.99)

Weeks of gestation at antepartum referral

29.47 (6.38)

26.67 (8.06)

2.90 (-0.58–6.38)

2.67 (-0.54–5.89)

  1. * Adjusted for within cluster effect. ** Adjusted for significant variables associated with antenatal care attendance and within cluster effect. *** N = 264 intervention and 233 control. 1 52 not eligible. 2 68 not eligible. SD Standard Deviation.