TABLE 9. Effect of psychosocial support during pregnancy on the primary outcome measures.
| Outcome |
Intervention(%) (n = 1033) |
Control(%) (N = 1040) |
Odds ratio *(95% CI) |
| 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).