Low coverage of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy in Nigeria: demand-side influences

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Coverage amongst ANC recipients that paid timely visits based on national and WHO guidelines

	Household Survey			P*	Exit Poll
	n (%) [CI]	n (%) [CI]	n (%) [CI]		n (%) [CI]
*First dose*
- Timely attendance	776 (97.0) [95.4-98.1]	446 (97.8)	1222 (97.3) [95.7-98.3]	0.593	137 (93.8) [88.9-96.6]
- Offered dose	131 (16.9) [15.4-18.5]	41 (9.2) [6.0-13.8]	172 (14.1) [12.6-15.7]	0.009*	17 (12.4) [5.6-25.2]
- Missed opportunity	645 (83.1) [81.5-84.6]	405 (90.8) [86.3-94.0]	1050 (85.9) [84.3-87.4]		120 (87.6) [74.8-94.4]
*Second dose*
- Timely attendance	731 (91.4) [88.9-93.3]	418 (91.7) [87.8-94.4]	1149 (91.5) [89.5-93.1]	0.865	101 (76.5) [69.2-82.6]
- Offered dose	67 (9.2) [7.9-10.6]	22 (5.3) [2.9-9.5]	89 (7.7) [6.4-9.3]	0.066	4 (4.0) [1.2-12.4]
- Missed opportunity	664 (90.8) [89.4-92.2]	396 (94.7) [90.5-97.2]	1060 (92.3) [90.7-93.6]		97 (96.0) [87.6-98.8]
Coverage amongst ANC recipients that paid timely visits based on WHO guidelines
*First dose*
- Timely attendance	795 (99.4) [98.4-99.8]	455 (99.8) [97.8-99.9]	1250 (99.5) [98.9-99.8]	0.334
- Offered dose	136 (17.1) [15.4-18.9]	43 (9.5) [6.0-14.6]	179 (14.3) [12.6-16.2]	0.015*
- Missed opportunity	659 (82.9) [81.1-84.6]	412 (90.6) [85.4-94.0]	1071 (85.7) [83.8-87.4]
*Second dose*
- Timely attendance	765 (95.6) [93.6-97.0]	438 (96.1) [90.2-98.5]	1203 (95.8) [93.7-97.2]	0.817
- Offered dose	68 (8.9) [7.4-10.6]	22 (5.0) [2.7-9.2]	90 (7.5) [6.1-9.1]	0.066
- Missed opportunity	697 (91.1) [89.4-92.6]	416 (95.0) [90.8-97.3]	1113 (92.5) [90.9-93.9]

*P values are for tests of significance for the difference in proportions between urban and rural subgroups. Differences are statistically significant if p < 0.05.

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