Table 4 Service use and care seeking in women included in the study compared between intervention and control villages
| Â | Number (%) of mothers in intervention villages | Number (%) of mothers in control villages | Crude mean difference (95% CI) | p value | Adjusted mean differencea (95% CI) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antenatal care | ||||||
Attended at least one antenatal care visit with a skilled healthcare provider in the previous 6 months | ||||||
 Baseline (n = 1400) | 507 (71.5%) | 558 (80.8%) |  |  |  |  |
 Endline (n = 1366) | 513 (74.9%) | 483 (70.9%) |  |  |  |  |
 Difference | 3.38% | −9.82% | 13.21% (6.7 to 19.7) | < 0.0001 | 10.54% (4.2 to 16.9) | 0.001 |
Care seeking for antenatal or delivery complications | ||||||
 Baseline (n = 866) | 329 (75.8%) | 352 (81.5%) |  |  |  |  |
 Endline (n = 576) | 229 (77.9%) | 215 (76.2%) |  |  |  |  |
 Difference | 2.10% | −5.30% | 7.33% (−1.4 to 16.0) | 0.10 | 2.81% (−6.2 to 11.8) | 0.54 |
Delivery care | ||||||
Facility delivery | ||||||
 Baseline (n = 1407) | 448 (63.2%) | 488 (69.9%) |  |  |  |  |
 Endline (n = 1300) | 446 (71.4%) | 429 (63.6%) |  |  |  |  |
 Difference | 8.20% | −6.30% | 14.53% (7.5 to 21.6) | < 0.0001 | 10.97% (4.0 to 18.0) | 0.002 |
Delivery attended by a skilled birth attendant | ||||||
 Baseline (n = 1407) | 454 (64.0%) | 499 (71.5%) |  |  |  |  |
 Endline (n = 1320) | 479 (74.2%) | 428 (63.5%) |  |  |  |  |
 Difference | 9.8% | −8.0% | 18.1% (11.1 to 25.1) | < 0.0001 | 14.22% (7.3 to 21.2) | < 0.0001 |
Sought care for complications during delivery or postpartum | ||||||
 Baseline (n = 655) | 268 (82.5%) | 292 (85.9%) |  |  |  |  |
 Endline (n = 377) | 170 (87.6%) | 164 (89.6%) |  |  |  |  |
 Difference | 5.10% | 3.70% | 1.43% (−7.3 to 10.2) | 0.75 | 2.36% (−6.8 to 11.5) | 0.61 |
Postnatal care | ||||||
Attended at least one postnatal care visit with a skilled healthcare provider in the previous 6 months | ||||||
 Baseline (n = 1392) | 337 (47.9%) | 369 (53.6%) |  |  |  |  |
 Endline (n = 1309) | 319 (49.6%) | 300 (45.1%) |  |  |  |  |
 Difference | 1.7% | −8.5% | 10.33% (2.8 to 17.9) | 0.0072 | 7.20% (0.2 to 14.2) | 0.04 |
Sought care for maternal postnatal complications | ||||||
 Baseline (n = 739) | 210 (61.4%) | 302 (76.1%) |  |  |  |  |
 Endline (n = 486) | 165 (73.3%) | 189 (72.4%) |  |  |  |  |
 Difference | 11.90% | −3.70% | 15.59% (5.2 to 26.0) | 0.0032 | 14.0% (4.05 to 23.9) | 0.006 |