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Table 3 Maternity care uptake and breastfeeding practice among mothers interviewed in 2016 and 2019

From: Effectiveness of integrated nutrition interventions on childhood stunting: a quasi-experimental evaluation design

Indicator of interest

Intervention

 

Control

 

Program effect (DID estimates)

P-value

Baseline

Endline

Baseline

Endline

% diff (95% CI)

Prev (%). (CI)

Prev (%). (CI)

Prev (%). (CI

Prev (%). (CI)

N = 853

N = 871

N = 1680

N = 1688

Number of ANC visit

 Ever attended

98.6 (97.5–99.2)

98.0 (96.9–98.8)

98.0 (97.2–98.6)

97.5 (96.6–98.2)

−0.1 (−1.7–1.6)

0.924

 At least 4 visits

48.2 (44.8–51.5)

69.0 (65.8–72.0)

51.8 (49.4–54.1)

71.0 (68.8–73.1)

1.5 (−4.0–7.1)

0.593

Gestation age at First ANC (Months)

 0–3

21.7 (19.0–24.6)

42.2 (39.0–45.6)

23.4 (21.4–25.5)

43.0 (40.7–45.4)

0.9 (−4.4–6.3)

0.728

 4–6

68.0 (64.8–71.0)

50.9 (47.5–54.2)

64.3 (61.9–66.5)

48.5 (46.1–50.9)

−1.4 (−7.0–4.3)

0.636

 7–9

9.6 97.8–11.8)

6.2 (4.8–8.0)

11.2 (9.8–12.9)

7.4 (6.3–8.8)

0.4 (−2.9–3.7)

0.825

Uses of Iron and folic acid

 Ever took

87.6 (85.2–89.6)

95.2 (93.5–96.4)

87.9 (86.2–89.3)

90.2 (88.7–91.6)

5.2 (1.7–8.7)

0.003

 Took for 90+

17.9 (15.3–20.9)

40.6 (37.3–44.0)

29.1 (26.9–31.5)

47.4 (44.8–49.9)

4.5 (−1.2–10.2)

0.118

Delivered at HF

70.1 (66.9–73.1)

81.7 (79.0–84.2)

78.6 (76.5–80.5)

83.7 (81.9–85.4)

6.5 (1.8–11.2)

0.006

Given pre-lacteal feeds

14.2 (11.2–16.7)

7.1 (5.6–9.0)

9.3 (8.0–10.8)

8.2 (7.0–9.6)

−5.9 (−9.2- 2.5)

0.001

Ever breastfed

98.7 (97.7–99.3)

99.7 (98.9–99.9)

99.0 (98.4–99.4)

99.8 (99.4–99.9)

0.2 (−0.8–1.1)

0.728

Breastfeeding within 1 h

59.1 (55.8–62.4)

66.2 (63.0–69.3)

66.3 (63.9–68.5)

65.6 (63.3–67.8)

7.8 (2.2–13.4)

0.006

EBF per age (months)

 0–1

91.9 (83.7–97.1)

94.6 (87.4–97.8)

95.1 (89.9–97.7)

88.6 (82.5–92.7)

9.2 (0.8–19.1)

0.070

 2–3

75.0 (65.0–82.9)

84.3 (74.6–90.8)

68.5 (60.4–75.6)

53.1 (44.9–61.2)

24.7 (7.6–41.9)

0.005

  4–5

47.6 (38.1–57.3)

61.5 (51.2–70.8)

43.9 (36.9–51.1)

28.7 (22.3–36.0)

29.1 (12.3–45.9)

0.277

 0–5

70.0 (64.3–75.1)

79.7 (74.5–84.1)

66.7 (62.3–70.8)

56.1 (51.6–60.5)

20.3 (10.5–30.1)

< 0.001

  1. EBF Exclusive breastfeeding, hr hour, ANC Antenatal clinic