Nepal Clean Home Delivery Kit: Evaluation of the Health Impact - Path

Table 12. Kit use and other risk factors for cord infection, by district
Risk Factor
SIRAHA MORANG SUNSARI
Rel.Risk 1 95% C.I. Rel.Risk 1 95% C.I. Rel.Risk 1 95% C.I.
Kit vs. new blade, coin/nothing 0.64 (0.27, 1.5) 2.9 (1.5, 5.9) 0.73 (0.29, 1.9)
Kit vs. new blade, other surface 0 0.00 2.8 (0.53, 14.9) 0.02 2 (0, 0.48)
Kit vs. boiled blade, coin/nothing 0.20 2 (0.06, 0.63) 1.5 (0.81, 2.8) 0.96 (0.45, 2.0)
Kit vs. boiled blade, other surface;
other blade, any surface
Put on cord just after (vs. nothing):
0.41 (0.04, 4.3) 0.70 (0.32, 1.6) 0.81 (0.20, 3.4)
Mustard oil 0 0.00 0.81 (0.07, 9.3) 0.18 (0.02, 1.7)
Ash 1.9 (0.62, 5.8) 2.0 (1.1, 3.9) 0.88 (0.36, 2.1)
Herbals 1.2 (0.19, 7.5) 0.05 0 1.0 (0.09, 10.8)
Dettol 1.0 (0.30, 3.4) 0.31 (0.06, 1.6) 0.71 (0.29, 1.7)
Antibiotic 0 0.00 2.6 (0.38, 17.2) 0.76 (0.08, 7.2)
Other 0 0.00 13.9 2 (1.6, 120.4) 3.7 (0.47, 29.3)
Don’t know 1.4 (0.25, 8.0) 0.65 (0.20, 2.1) 0.31 (0.04, 2.4)
Clean or no cloth vs. Dirty one 0.71 (0.30, 1.7) 0.60 2 (0.38, 0.95) 0.65 (0.36, 1.2)
Hands washed with soap before
cutting cord vs. not washed
0.86 (0.20, 3.7) 0.46 2 (0.27, 0.78) 0.73 (0.36, 1.5)
Hands washed with water before
cutting cord vs. not washed
1
Adjusted for interview week, month, and interviewer.
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