Table 1 Table indicating feasibility, clinical, operational, and economic outcome variables
Outcome measures | Scale | Type | Measure | Method of analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feasibility outcomes | ||||
Evaluate randomization | Ordinal | Binary | % of health areas with successful stratification and randomization | Feasibility threshold of 95% |
Enrolment rate | Nominal | Binary | % of participants with successful enrolment within 6 months into the trial | Feasibility threshold of 50% |
Complete follow-up | Ratio | Continuous | % of participants who complete follow-up at 8months into the trial | Feasibility threshold of 80% |
Compliance rate | Ratio | Continuous | % of participants who do not follow procedure as allocated | Feasibility threshold of 10% |
Contamination | Ratio | Continuous | % of contamination | Feasibility threshold of 10% |
Refusal rate | Ratio | Continuous | % of participants who refused to respond | Feasibility threshold of 5% |
Adherence rate | Ratio | Continuous | % of participants who adheres to the intervention | Feasibility threshold of 80% |
Clinical outcomes | ||||
Failure rate | Ratio | Continuous | % of participants whom intervention (mobile phone features) failed to function according to design | n (%) |
Mortality | Ratio | Binary | Number of maternal deaths | n (%) |
Number of ANC visits | Nominal | Binary | Number of ANC visits attended | Mean (SD) |
Number of skilled birth delivery | Nominal | Binary | Number of skilled birth delivery | Mean (SD) |
Family planning | Nominal | Binary | % using family planning/awareness | n (%) |
Operational outcomes | ||||
Resource capacity | Nominal | Binary | Average number of human resources | Mean (SD) |
Equipment availability | Nominal | Binary | Average number of equipment | n (%) |
District and health areas capacity | Nominal | Binary | % of resource functionality and communication network | n (%) |
Project timelines | Nominal | Binary | Average length of follow-up | Mean (SD) |
Data collection time | Nominal | continuous | Average time to collect data | Mean (SD) |
Matching data from other sources | Nominal | binary | % of success in matching data sources | n (%) |
Data completeness | Nominal | Binary | % of participants who do not provide complete response | n (%) |
Acceptability of using mhealth and e-vouchers by participants | Nominal | Binary | % of participants who accept the use mhealth | N (%) |
Acceptability of using mhealth and e-vouchers by providers | Nominal | Binary | % of providers who accept the use of mhealth | N (%) |
Use of transportation vouchers | Nominal | Binary | % of women using transportation vouchers | N (%) |
Economic outcomes | ||||
Total cost of care | Ratio | Continuous | Average total cost of care | Mean (SD) |
Cost per woman enrolled | Ratio | Continuous | Average total cost of care per woman enrolled | Mean (SD) |
Additional cost due to emergencies | Ratio | Continuous | % with additional emergency cost | n (%) |