Effectiveness of a campaign to implement chlorhexidine use for newborns in rural Haiti

BMC Research Notes

Table 2 Use of chlorhexidine (n = 198)

	n	Valid%
Told about applying chlorhexidine to baby’s cord
Yes	194	98.5
No	3	1.5
Among participants told about applying chlorhexidine
Persons who advised about chlorhexidine use
TBA	187	98.4
CHW	16	8.4
Doctor/nurse	1	0.5
Other	1	0.5
Used chlorhexidine
Yes	190	98.4
No	3	1.6
Among participants who used chlorhexidine
Number of days applied chlorhexidine
1–2	3	1.7
3–4	37	20.4
5–6	43	23.7
7	98	54.1
Reasons for not applying chlorhexidine for all 7 days (among those who did not apply chlorhexidine for 7 days)
Baby’s cord fell off	66	81.5
Forgot	1	1.2
Other	0	0
Among participants who reported the baby’s cord had fallen off
Day baby’s cord fell off
1–2	7	4.4
3–4	45	28.2
5–6	70	43.7
7 or later	38	23.8
Adhered to instructions^a	164	88.6
Ease of chlorhexidine use
Easy	178	94.2
Not too hard	11	5.8
Difficult	0	0

Numbers of missing responses per item range from 1 to 9
^aA mother was considered adherent if she reported applying chlorhexidine for 7 days or if she reported that she had not completed the 7 days because the baby’s cord fell off; calculated among participants who were told about chlorhexidine (n = 185)

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