Respondent knowledge on maternal sepsis and perception of enabling environments for maternal sepsis identification and management at precampaign and postcampaign and changes after campaign implementation (n=2188)
| Precampaign n/N (%) | Postcampaign n/N (%) | Pre-cOR/post-cOR† (95% CI)‡ | Percentage change | |
| Knowledge on maternal sepsis | ||||
| Had not heard of maternal sepsis§ | 95/1144 (8.3) | 31/1021 (3.0) | 0.35* (0.18 to 0.68) | −63.4 |
| Correctly identified the two criteria to define maternal sepsis¶ | 109/673 (16.2) | 74/647 (11.4) | 0.67 (0.43 to 1.17) | −29.4 |
| Correctly identified management of sepsis when maternal sepsis was suspected** | 114/251 (45.4) | 142/239 (59.4) | 1.76 (0.73 to 4.21) | 30.8 |
| Perception of enabling environment for maternal sepsis identification and management | ||||
| Confident of making right decisions | 897/1155 (77.7) | 861/1033 (83.4) | 1.44* (1.01 to 2.06) | 7.3 |
| Resources available to make right decisions | 909/1155 (78.7) | 814/1033 (78.8) | 1.01 (0.68 to 1.49) | 0.1 |
| Supported by facility in making right decisions | 921/1155 (79.7) | 840/1033 (81.3) | 1.11 (0.80 to 1.54) | 2.0 |
Percentage change: [(% in post − % in pre)/% in pre]×100.
*P<0.05.
†Refers to OR between precampaign and postcampaign; OR calculated clustering at the geographical area level.
‡Reference group: precampaign.
§Responded No to the question ‘Have you ever heard of the term maternal sepsis?’
¶Answered Infection and Organ Dysfunction to the question: ‘What two criteria best describe maternal sepsis?’
**Answered Fluids and Antibiotics to the question: ‘What would be the first two things a woman should receive?’, when the respondent answered Infection/Sepsis to the question: ‘What would you first think could be causing her to feel this way?’
cOR, crude OR.