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Table 5 Mode of delivery, reported complications, and adverse outcomes for completed pregnancies during the study

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 = 425)2

Later- Access Arm (N = 374)2

Risk Ratio (95% CI)

p value3

Mode of delivery

 Home delivery

345 (81.18)

318 (85.03)

0.95 (0.90–1.02)

0.35

 Hospital delivery

42 (9.88)

29 (7.75)

1.27 (0.81–2.00)

0.43

 Caesarian section

38 (8.94)

27 (7.22)

1.24 (0.77–1.99)

0.50

Emergency Referrals

 Maternal Complications

  • Labor progression abnormality

51 (12.00)

36 (9.63)

1.25 (0.83–1.87)

0.51

  • Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

15 (3.53)

4 (1.07)

3.3 (1.10–9.86)

0.03

  • Hemorrhage

9 (2.12)

10 (2.67)

0.79 (0.33–1.93)

0.52

  • Premature labor

5 (1.18)

6 (1.60)

0.73 (0.23–2.38)

0.64

  • Fetal cardiac rate abnormality

4 (0.94)

4 (1.07)

0.88 (0.22–3.49)

0.84

 Neonatal Complications

  • Suspected sepsis

4 (0.94)

5 (1.34)

0.70 (0.19–2.60)

0.62

  • Respiratory compromise

5 (1.18)

2 (0.53)

2.2 (0.43–11.27)

0.46

  • Preterm newborn

4 (0.94)

0

–

0.06

Death

 Maternal deaths

2 (0.47)

1 (0.27)

1.76 (0.16–19.33)

0.65

 Neonatal deaths

7 (1.65)

3 (0.80)

2.05 (0.53–7.88)

0.23

  1. 1Outcomes reported as no. (%)
  2. 2N = reported births. All births were singleton
  3. 3p values are adjusted for clustering by TBA using logistic regression