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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study participants (traditional birth attendants)

From: mHealth intervention to improve the continuum of maternal and perinatal care in rural Guatemala: a pragmatic, randomized controlled feasibility trial

Characteristica

Early-Access Arm (N = 23)

Later-Access Arm (N = 21)

Age (years)

47 [40–55]

51 [43–55]

Education (years)

0 [0–2]

1 [0–4]

Spanish Literacyb

5 (22)

4 (19)

Monolingual Maya

13 (57)

9 (43)

Years in practice (years)

12 [10–20]

16 [10–24]

Distance from town (Km)

15 [5–21]

11 [7–18]

Travel time from town (min)

45 [15–60]

40 [15–60]

  1. aData are median [IQR], or n (%)
  2. bDefined as able to read and write a simple sentence in Spanish
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