Child Mortality Outcomes for baseline and long term follow-up for Makwanpur cRCT of WPGs
| Intervention | Control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n# | n# | Odds ratio (95% Confidence Intervals) | Adjusted OR (adjusted for clustering and pairing of clusters) | |
| documented births | 3036 | 3400 | ||
| live births | 2959 | 3322 | ||
| stillbirths | 77 | 78 | ||
| Neonatal deaths | 83 | 128 | ||
| Maternal Deaths | 4 | 15 | ||
| Stillbirth rate per 1000 live births | 25.4 | 22.9 | ||
| Neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live births | 28.1 | 38.5 | ||
| alive at 4 weeks | 2876 | 3199 | ||
| known deaths after 4 weeks | 79 | 116 | ||
| known alive after 4 weeks and at follow-up | 2100 | 2111 | 0.68 (0.51, 0.92) | 0.69 (0.49, 0.96) |
| additional reported deaths after 4 weeks | 7 | 17 | ||
| additional reported alive after 4 weeks | 425 | 567 | ||
| total potential deaths after 4 weeks | 86 | 133 | ||
| total potential alive after 4 weeks | 2525 | 2678 | 0.69 (0.52, 0.90) | 0.67 (0.51, 0.90) |
| total known deaths from birth | 162 | 244 | ||
| total known live from birth | 2100 | 2111 | 0.68 (0.55, 0.84) | 0.69 (0.56, 0.86) |
| total presumed deaths from birth | 169 | 261 | ||
| total presumed live from birth | 2959 | 3322 | ||
| known child mortality rate per 1000 live births | 54.7 | 73.4 | ||
| presumed child mortality rate per 1000 live births | 57.1 | 78.6 | ||
| % known reduction in child mortality per 1000 live births | 25.46 | |||
| % estimated reduction in child mortality per 1000 live births | 27.31 |
↵# data on an additional 164 infants and their mothers that were not available in the original trial analysis were included in the analysis of the follow-up
WPG: women’s participatory groups; cRCT: cluster randomized control trial