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Table 4 Utilization of antenatal care services during the COVID-19 pandemic

From: Antenatal care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic: an online cross-sectional survey among Filipino women

Characteristic

N (n = 318)

Percentage

Timing of first antenatal visit

  
 

First trimester

227

71.38%

 

Second trimester

72

22.64%

 

Third trimester

15

4.72%

 

No prenatal checkup

4

1.26%

Total number of antenatal checkups

  
 

0

4

1.26%

 

1–6

174

54.71%

 

More than 6

140

44.03%

Number of teleconsults

  
 

0

180

56.60%

 

1–6

112

35.12%

 

More than 6

26

8.18%

Number of face-to-face consults

  
 

0

14

4.42%

 

1–6

176

55.52%

 

More than 6

127

40.06%

Facility of face-to-face consults

  
 

Community or barangay health center

149

46.86

 

Lying-in clinic

129

40.57%

 

Public hospital

89

27.99%

 

Private obstetrician

48

15.09%

 

Rural Health Unit/City Health Office

2

0.63%

Healthcare provider

  
 

Doctor

158

49.69%

 

Midwife

160

50.31%

 

Nurse

89

27.99%

 

Traditional Birth Attendant

11

3.46%