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Table 4 Women’s Expectations and Perceptions by Referral Attendance Status

From: Factors influencing referrals for ultrasound-diagnosed complications during prenatal care in five low and middle income countries

 

N (%)

 

Attended Referral

N = 510

Did Not Attend Referral

N = 190

p-valuea

Advantages/benefits of US

 Know my baby is doing well

390/510 (76.5)

114/190 (60.0)

0.0817

 Seeing my baby

317/510 (62.2)

107/190 (56.3)

0.6594

 Find problems that with treatment can help my baby

337/510 (66.1)

84/190 (44.2)

0.0344*

Bad effects/harms of US

 No harms

442/510 (86.7)

152/190 (80.0)

0.8778

 Make me worry

26/510 (5.1)

11/190 (5.8)

0.6529

Expected to learn before having US

 Confirmation that the baby is healthy

364/510 (71.4)

102/190 (53.7)

0.0081*

 An opportunity to see the baby

285/510 (55.9)

77/190 (40.5)

0.6111

 Expected date of delivery

240/510 (47.1)

82/190 (43.2)

0.7512

Additional information would have liked to have BEFORE having US

 Ultrasound is safe for mom and baby

221/510 (43.3)

73/190 (38.4)

0.2457

 Purpose of having ultrasound

210/510 (41.2)

59/190 (31.1)

0.5931

Additional information would have liked to have WHILE having US

 Was there a problem

268/510 (52.5)

76/190 (40.0)

0.7198

 Explanation of what the person who did the ultrasound saw

282/510 (55.3)

55/190 (28.9)

0.0026*

Other things planned to do after having US

 Talk to the baby’s father

454/510 (89.0)

154/190 (81.1)

0.8235

 Talk to other family members about the findings

303/510 (59.4)

58/190 (30.5)

0.0104*

  1. aHypotheses test results: p-values calculated from Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test (General Association statistic)
  2. *Denotes p-value < 0.05