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Table 4 Content of prenatal care by group (%)

From: Evaluation of a community-based randomized controlled prenatal care trial in rural China

  

Intervention

(n = 673)

Control

(n = 591)

P value

Blood pressure taken

    
 

At every visit

49.6

51.3

0.997

 

sometimes

38.6

31.1

 
 

Not at all

8.2

12.5

 

Blood test

    
 

once

34.2

28.9

0.738

 

More than once

7.0

12.5

 
 

no

55.0

53.3

 

Ultrasound test

    
 

1 time

42.8

30.5

0.803

 

2 time

13.2

19.0

 
 

3 and plus

3.3

5.3

 
 

No

37.0

40.3

 

Information on prenatal care

    
 

Too simple

8.2

11.5

0.065

 

Too difficult

2.7

1.9

 
 

Just OK

52.8

47.9

 
 

Not sure

20.2

14.9

 
 

Did not get information

11.9

18.1

 

Information on nutrition

    
 

Needed more

47.1

41.0

0.143

 

Needed less

0.2

1.0

 
 

Just ok

27.3

27.1

 
 

Not sure

4.9

2.9

 
 

Did not get information

16.3

23.2

 

Information on baby care

    
 

Needed more

50.1

45.4

0.041

 

Needed less

0.2

1.2

 
 

Just ok

24.2

17.6

 
 

Not sure

3.3

2.7

 
 

Did not get information

18.1

28.1

 

Information on disease prevention

    
 

Needed more

49.0

47.0

0.228

 

Needed less

0.2

0.3

 
 

Just ok

30.3

28.4

 
 

Not sure

4.6

3.1

 
 

Did not get information

11.7

15.7

 
  1. 1) Data from the community base survey. Women with no information (varying from 3.7% to 5.8%) are not shown.
  2. 2) P value refers to the difference between the intervention and control group