TABLE 9. Effect of psychosocial support during pregnancy on the primary outcome measures.
|
Outcome |
Intervention(%) |
Control(%) |
Odds ratio |
|
Low birth weight (<2500 g) |
8.7 |
9.4 |
0.93 (0.68-1.28) |
|
Preterm delivery (<37 wk) |
11.1 |
12.5 |
0.88 (0.67-1.16) |
|
Intrauterine growth retardation (<10th percentile) |
14.3 |
13.3 |
1.08 (0.83-1.40) |
|
Forceps delivery |
6.5 |
5.3 |
1.25 (0.85-1.85) |
|
Cesarean section |
23.3 |
25.9 |
0.87 (0.71-1.06) |
|
Anesthesia during labor |
49.5 |
53.2 |
0.86 (0.72-1.03) |
|
Stillbirth |
2.9 |
3.3 |
0.86 (0.51-1.47) |
|
Perinatal death |
3.6 |
4.0 |
0.89 (0.55-1.47) |
|
Apgar score <7 at 5 min. |
2.1 |
1.9 |
1.11 (0.41-3.03) |
|
Admission to neonatal intensive care unit |
13.3 |
13.7 |
0.97 (0.74-1.27) |
* The percentage of a given outcome in the intervention group as compared with that in the control group. CI denotes confidence interval.
Adapted from Villar et al. (24).
Edited by Aldo Campana,