Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and pregnancy information of pregnant women related to perceived knowledge change after the intervention
| Â | EBP Knowledge Domain | Normal Birth Knowledge Domain | Cesarean Knowledge Domain | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Totalb | Increase | Non-Increase | Chi-square (P-value) | Increase | Non-Increase | Chi-square (P-value) | Increase | Non-Increase | Chi-square (P-value) |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
Age | ||||||||||
 19–34 years | 1043 (81.8) | 891 (82.2) | 152 (79.6) | 0.337 | 727 (83.0) | 316 (79.2) | 0.095^ | 669 (82.6) | 374 (80.4) | 0.495 |
  ≥ 35 years | 232 (18.2) | 193 (17.8) | 39 (20.4) | 149 (17.0) | 83 (20.8) | 141 (17.4) | 91(19.6) | |||
TOTAL | 1275 | 1084 (85.0) | 191 (15.0) | 876 (68.7) | 399 (31.3) | 810 (63.5) | 465 (36.5) | |||
Education | ||||||||||
  ≤ 12 years | 398 (31.6) | 352 (32.8) | 46 (24.7) | 0.006* | 309 (35.9) | 89 (22.4) | 0.000** | 268 (33.4) | 130 (28.5) | 0.063^ |
  > 12 years | 869 (68.4) | 720 (67.2) | 140 (75.3) | 552 (64.1) | 308 (77.6) | 534 (66.6) | 326 (71.5) | |||
TOTAL | 1258 | 1072 (85.2) | 186 (14.8) | 861 (68.4) | 397 (31.6) | 802 (63.8) | 456 (36.2) | |||
Incomea | ||||||||||
  < 2 MW | 282 (23.9) | 249 (24.7) | 33 (19.2) | 0.001** | 218 (23.9) | 64 (17.3) | 0.000** | 185 (24.7) | 97 (22.5) | 0.002* |
 2 to < 5 MW | 380 (32.2) | 337 (33.5) | 43 (25.0) | 279 (32.2) | 101 (27.3) | 258 (34.5) | 122 (28.3) | |||
 5 to < 10 MW | 293 (24.9) | 242 (24.0) | 51 (29.7) | 193 (24.9) | 100 (27.0) | 185 (24.7) | 108 (25.1) | |||
  ≥ 10 MW | 224 (19.0) | 179 (17.8) | 45 (26.2) | 119 (19.0) | 105 (28.4) | 120 (16.0) | 104 (24.1) | |||
TOTAL | 1179 | 1007 (85.4) | 172 (14.6) | 809 (68.6) | 370 (31.4) | 748 (63.6) | 431 (36.6) | |||
Race | ||||||||||
 White | 587 (45.9) | 494 (45.4) | 93 (48.4) | 0.247 | 385 (43.8) | 202 (50.4) | 0.035*- | 355 (43.6) | 232 (49.8) | 0.026* |
 Black and Others | 691 (54.2) | 594 (54.6) | 99 (51.6) | 494 (56.2) | 199 (49.6) | 459 (56.4) | 234 (50.2) | |||
TOTAL | 1280 | 1088 (85.0) | 192 (15.0) | 879 (68.7) | 401 (31.3) | 814 (63.6) | 466 (36.4) | |||
First Pregnancy | ||||||||||
 Yes | 593 (50.9) | 506 (51.3) | 65 (36.5) | 0.020* | 401 (51.0) | 170 (45.1) | 0.409 | 390 (53.1) | 181 (42.1) | 0.001** |
 No | 571 (49.1) | 480 (48.7) | 113 (63.5) | 386 (49.0) | 207 (54.9) | 344 (46.9) | 249 (57.9) | |||
TOTAL | 1164 | 986 (84.7) | 178 (15.3) | 787 (67.6) | 377 (32.4) | 734 (63.1) | 430 (36.9) | |||
Private Health Insurance | ||||||||||
 Yes | 958 (74.7) | 810 (74.3) | 148 (77.1) | 0.253 | 623 (71.0) | 335 (82.9) | 0.000** | 600 (73.5) | 358 (76.8) | 0.155 |
 No | 324 (24.3) | 280 (25.7) | 44 (22.9) | 255 (29.0) | 69 (17.1) | 216 (26.5) | 108 (23.2) | |||
TOTAL | 1282 | 1090 (85.0) | 192 (15.0) | 878 (68.5) | 404 (31.5) | 816 (63.7) | 466 (36.3) | |||
Prenatal Care Coverage | ||||||||||
 SUSc (Public) | 439 (35.0) | 374 (35.1) | 65 (34.8) | 0.982 | 312 (36.2) | 127 (32.5) | 0.202 | 282 (35.2) | 157 (34.7) | 0.853 |
 Private | 814 (65.0) | 692 (64.9) | 112 (65.2) | 550 (63.8) | 264 (67.5) | 519 (64.8) | 295 (65.3) | |||
TOTAL | 1253 | 1066 (85.1) | 187 (14.9) | 862 (68.8) | 391 (31.2) | 801 (63.9) | 452 (36.1) | |||
Pregnancy Trimester at the time of the intervention | ||||||||||
 1st or 2nd | 732 (60.9) | 637 (62.3) | 95 (53.1) | 0.016* | 519 (63.7) | 213 (55.0) | 0.003* | 497 (65.6) | 235 (52.9) | 0.000** |
 3rd | 470 (39.1) | 386 (37.7) | 84 (46.9) | 296 (36.3) | 174 (45.0) | 261 (34.4) | 209 (47.1) | |||
TOTAL | 1202 | 1023 (85.1) | 179 (14.9) | 815 (67.8) | 387 (32.2) | 758 (63.1) | 444 (36.9) | |||