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Table 4 Care-seeking practices amongst participating mothers at baseline and follow-up household surveys household survey T1 and T2

From: A continuous quality improvement intervention to improve the effectiveness of community health workers providing care to mothers and children: a cluster randomised controlled trial in South Africa

 

Baseline household survey

Follow-up household survey

Change—I-C,

T1–T2

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

In past 6 months failed to go to the clinic for any reason

 Control

92/370 (24.9%)

Reference

97/310 (31.3%)

Reference

 

 Intervention

73/366 (20.0%)

0.71 (0.43–1.1),

p value = 0.16

64/296 (21.6%)

0.55 (0.33–0.90),

p value = 0.02

0.77 (0.46–1.3),

p value = 0.34

In past 6 months, your child/ren needed to go to clinic but failed to go for any reason

 Control

78/370 (21.1%)

Reference

76/310 (24.5%)

Reference

 

 Intervention

65/366 (17.8%)

0.78 (0.47–1.3),

p value = 0.33

46/296 (15.5%)

0.53 (0.31–0.91),

p value = 0.02

0.68 (0.38–1.2),

p value = 0.18