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Table 1 Definition of variables for the study

From: Coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) influences delivery outcomes among women with obstetric referrals at the district level in Ghana

Facility factors

Individual factors

Pregnancy and referral factors

Delivery factors

District

Age

Parity

Sex of baby: male, female

Type of facility where ANC was received: Health centre, polyclinic, community clinic, CHPS

Health Insurance coverage: Yes or No

Gestational age (Trimester) at first ANC visit: 1st, 2nd, rd

Gestational age at delivery: preterm (< 37 weeks)

Term (37–40 weeks)

Post term (> 40 weeks)

Ownership of facility: Government or Private

Age

Number of ANC visits during pregnancy: 0, 1–3, 4+

Any new-born complication at delivery: Yes or No

Availability of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine at pharmacy or dispensary: Yes or No

Highest educational attainment: none, primary, secondary, tertiary

History of previous pregnancy complication: Yes or No

Any maternal complication at developed at delivery: Yes or No

Stock-out of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine at pharmacy or dispensary within 6 months prior to study: Yes or No

Marital status: single, married, living together

Indication for referral is Malaria: Yes or No

Haemoglobin level at delivery:

Normal (≥ 12 g/dl), mild anaemia (10.0–11.9 g/dl),

moderate anaemia (9.9–7.0 g/dl)

severe anaemia (< 7.0 g/dl)

 

Employment status: Yes or No

Indication for referral is a pregnancy complication: Yes or No

Birth weight of baby:

Low birth weight (< 2.5 kg)

Normal weight (2.5–4.0 kg)

Big baby (> 4.0 kg)

  

Dose of IPTp received during pregnancy: 0, 1–3, 4–5, > 5;

Adequate (NMCP/WHO): (5 +)/(3 +),

Inadequate (NMCP/WHO): (< 5)/(< 3)

 
  1. ANC antenatal care, IPTp intermittent presumptive treatment of malaria in pregnancy