A community effectiveness trial of strategies promoting intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in pregnant women in rural Burkina Faso

Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study participants (n = 2,288), Boromo Health District, Burkina Faso (2004–2006)

		Study arm
Characteristic	All women n = 2288	Intervention A n = 743	Intervention B n = 801	Control n = 744
Age
Median (range), years	19 (14–41)	20 (14–41)	19 (15–37)	19 (15–35)
≤ 19 years	54.1	45.9	60.8	55.1
Gravidity
Primigravidae	55.6	57.1	56.2	53.6
Previous pregnancy outcome if secundigravid †:
Miscarriage or stillbirth	13.0	15.7	11.7	11.9
Child death*	16.7	12.9	17.4	19.4
Formal education (any school)
Mother	21.5	25.3	18.1	21.4
Father ‡	26.6	29.1	28.0	22.6
Activity
Mother with own income	69.3	52.6	79.3	75.3
Father farmer/breeder	92.9	87.9	94.8	93.5
Wealth Index* §
most poor	22.7	14.2	22.7	31.3
poor	27.2	24.3	24.7	33.0
less poor	24.9	19.6	32.7	22.1
least poor	25.1	42.0	19.9	13.6
Marital status of mother
Not married	5.1	6.1	4.4	4.8
Religion
Muslim	48.0	57.5	44.9	41.8
Christian	19.1	22.3	16.5	18.8
Traditional	32.9	20.2	38.6	39.4
Ethnic group*
Bwaba/Dafing	53.9	12.9	69.2	78.5
Ko/Nounouma	24.1	60.8	10.7	1.9
Mossi	11.3	16.3	11.1	6.6
Fulani	5.5	5.2	7.1	4.0
Other	5.1	4.7	1.9	9.0
Distance from nearest HC (km)
≤ 5	73.0	76.9	61.3	81.7
> 5	27.0	23.2	28.7	18.3
Bed net*
Owns bed net at enrolment	30.2	35.1	35.8	19.1

Intervention A = IPTp+promotion; Intervention B = IPTp alone; Control = CQ chemoprophylaxis; HC = health centre
Numbers are proportions if not otherwise stated.
* Proportions significantly different between study arms
† Intervention A n = 319; Intervention B n = 351; Control n = 345
‡ Intervention A n = 690; Intervention B n = 768; Control n = 721
§Intervention A n = 741; Intervention B n = 787; Control n = 737

ISSN: 1475-2875