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Table 4 Effect of intervention on emergency referral volume and successful referral completion by study arms

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

Outcome1

Early Access Arm (N = 23)

Later Access Arm (N = 21)

p value2

Adjusted monthly emergency referral rate (referrals/births) per 100 births

 First study period

33 [22–58]

20 [0–30]

0.03

 Second study period

31 [10–42]

34 [5–50]

0.58

Referral success proportion (successful/referrals)

 First study period

69/76 (90.79)

44/47 (93.61)

0.74

 Second study period

48/49 (97.95)

47/51 (92.16)

0.36

  1. 1Rates reported as median [IQR], and proportions as no./total no. (%)
  2. 2Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test for rates, Fisher’s exact test for proportions