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Table 4 Mean duration (Days) of diarrhea among infants of mothers who received cIYCF plus newsletter, cIYCF training only, newsletter only and or routine services only, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, 2013

From: Effect of distribution of educational material to mothers on duration and severity of diarrhoea and pneumonia, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Variable

 

Diarrhoea n (%) (n = 357)

Mean (SD) days

p-value

Mean duration (days) of diarrhea at 14 weeks

cIYCF trained

Yes

11 (6.2)

178

2.9 (0.94)

<0.0001

No

10 (5.6)

179

3.1 (0.88)

 

Received newsletter

Yes

13 (7.1)

182

3.6 (1.19)

0.005

No

20 (11.4)

175

5.2 (1.15)

 

cIYCF trained and received newsletter

    

0.026

Mean duration (days) of diarrhea at 20 weeks

cIYCF trained

Yes

5 (2.8)

178

4.8 (0.8)

0.361

No

36 (20.1)

179

5.7 (1.4)

 

Received newsletter

Yes

14 (7.7)

182

5.1 (1.2)

0.022

No

38 (21.7)

175

6.0 (1.8)

 

cIYCF trained and received newsletter

    

0.764