The effects of centering pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes in northern Nigeria; a prospective cohort analysis

Table 2 Health services uptake between intervention and control groups

Variables	Standard	Intervention	Chi-square test
Variables	%(n)	%(n)	p-value
Antenatal care
^bAttended at least 1 antenatal care session in 2nd trimester	65.4(170)	55.6(143)	0.023
^bAttended at least 1 antenatal care session in 3rd trimester	57.7(150)	89.1(229)	0.000
^bAttended at least 1 antenatal care session in each (2nd & 3rd) trimester	36.2(94)	48.6(125)	0.004
^bAttended ANC at 36-38wks	15.4(40)	33.9(87)	0.000
^bReceived Tetanus Toxoid during pregnancy	62.3(162)	59.5(153)	0.518
Postnatal care
^cReceived OPV0 & BCG	24.2(62)	31.6(80)	0.063
^cImmunization at 6 weeks	5.5(14)	14.2(36)	0.001
^cImmunization at 10 weeks	4.3(11)	8.7(22)	0.044
^cImmunization at 14 weeks	2.0(5)	6.7(17)	0.008
^cExclusive breastfeeding	2.3 (6)	1.4(4)	0.535
^bDelivered at health facility	7.7(20)	12.8(33)	0.054
^cAttended PNC within 2 weeks	28.5 (73)	32.8(83)	0.294
^cCritical uptake of health services^a	19.1(49)	29.3(74)	0.008

^aCritical uptake defined as attending ANC in 3rd trimester, early postnatal care session (within 2 weeks after delivery) or immunization at birth
^b(Control N = 260; Intervention N = 257)
^c(Control N = 256; Intervention N = 253)

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