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Table 3 ANC and Obstetric Characteristics of participants

From: Factors influencing adherence to the new intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy policy in Keta District of the Volta region, Ghana

Variable

Frequency(n)

Percentage (%)

Gestational age at first ANC

 ≤13 weeks

165

44.0

 13–26 weeks

199

53.1

 ≥26 weeks

11

2.9

 Total

375

100

Number of ANC visits

 <8

248

66.1

 ≥8

127

33.9

 Total

375

100

Gestational age at first IPTp-SP

 ≤13 weeks

11

3.0

 13–26 weeks

339

90.4

 ≥26 weeks

21

5.6

 Don’t know

4

1.1

 Total

375

100

Number of IPTp-SP doses

 0

4

1.1

 1

13

3.5

 2

50

13.3

 3

160

42.7

 4

84

22.4

 ≥5

64

17.1

 Total

375

100

Number of SP tablet given per dose

 ≤2

29

7.7

 3

330

88.0

 >3

12

3.2

 Don’t know

4

1.1

 Total

375

100

  1. n number of respondents, ANC antenatal care, IPTp-SP Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine, SP- sulphadoxine pyrimethamine