Women's Health in Women's Hands: A Pilot Study Assessing the Feasibility of Providing Women With Medications to Reduce Postpartum Hemorrhage and Sepsis in Rural Tanzania

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TABLE 1 Survey Results (n = 642)

Survey item	Results
Age of mothers (years; n = 642)	Range 18–47 (median 26)
Parity of mothers (n = 642)	Range 1–14 (median 4)
Distance from hospital (km; n = 642)	Range 2–90 (median 34)
Distance from dispensary (km; n = 640)	Range 0.25–57 (median 4)
Place of delivery (n = 641)	Home: 307 (47.9%) TBA's home: 135 (21.1%) Dispensary: 83 (12.9%) Hospital: 79 (12.3%) On the way: 22 (3.4%) Health center: 12 (1.9%) Pharmacy: 3 (0.5%)
Attendance at delivery (n = 642)	TBA: 244 (38.0%) Family/neighbors only: 195 (30.4%) Dispensary nurses: 97 (15.1%) Hospital staff: 78 (12.1%) Alone: 22 (3.4%) Others: 6 (0.9%)
Number who took study medications (n = 642)	Yes: 578 (90.0%) No: 64 (10.0%)* *All received injection at institution.
Number who would take study medications again in future pregnancies (n = 642)	Yes: 640 (99.7%) No: 2 (0.3%)* *One wanted tubal ligation, one had not used  meds.