Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of pre-intervention participants
N = 221 | |
|---|---|
Age (months) | |
0–12 months | 176 (79.6) |
13–24 months | 32 (14.5) |
25–36 months | 13 (5.9) |
37–60 months | 0 (0) |
Gender (N, %) | |
Male | 130 (58.8) |
Female | 91 (41.2) |
Disease group | |
Acute illnesses | 85 (38.5) |
Cardiology | 28 (12.7) |
Neurology | 8 (3.6) |
Neonatology | 46 (20.8) |
Surgery | 11 (4.98 |
Neonatology | 28 (12.7) |
Other | 15 (6.8) |
Length of stay (days, median) | 4 |
Maternal education | |
Primary | 20 (9.1) |
School | 49 (22.2) |
College | 38 (17.2) |
University or above | 107 (48.4) |
Missing | 7 (3.2) |
Maternal knowledge (mean±SD) | 6.5 ± 0.4 |
Language (N, %) | |
Urdu | 116 (52.5) |
Sindhi | 44 (19.9) |
Other | 61 (27.6) |
Residence | |
Within the city | 154 (69.7) |
Outside the city | 67 (30.3) |