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Table 5 Reported infant feeding practices amongst participating mothers at baseline and follow-up household surveys

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)

Amongst mothers of infants >6 weeks:

 Exclusive breastfeeding for first 6 weeks of life

  Control

226/312 (72.4)

Reference

181/278 (65.1)

Reference

 

  Intervention

207/317 (65.3)

0.74 (0.49–1.1), p value = 0.13

194/253 (76.7)

1.7 (1.1–2.7), p value = 0.02

2.3 (1.4–4.0), p value = 0.001

Amongst mothers of infants <6 months:

 Ever breastfed infant

  Control

166/199 (83.4)

Reference

123/151 (81.5)

Reference

Reference

  Intervention

164/198 (82.8)

0.96 (0.54–1.7), p value = 0.87

128/144 (88.9)

1.7 (0.86–3.5), p value = 0.12

1.8 (0.78–4.3), p value = 0.17