Impact of village health volunteer support on postnatal depressive symptoms in the remote rural areas of Lao People’s Democratic Republic: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Bivariate association between type of VHV and VHV support during pregnancy (n=120)^a

	Pair-VHV		Single-VHV		p
	n=86		n=34
	M	(SD)	M	(SD)
1. VHV checked danger signs during pregnancy	4.3	(0.8)	2.8	(1.4)	<0.01
2. VHV measured my blood pressure	4.4	(0.9)	2.4	(1.5)	<0.01
3. VHV encouraged me to go to ANC	4.4	(0.8)	4.1	(1.0)	0.12
4. VHV came with me to ANC visit	3.6	(1.4)	2.4	(1.4)	<0.01
5. VHV stayed and helped me while health center staff provided ANC in my community	4.3	(0.7)	3.9	(1.3)	0.25
6. VHV talked to my husband/family about important things to know during pregnancy	4.2	(1.0)	3.9	(1.1)	0.28
7. VHV offered me transportation to a health center when necessary	3.2	(1.6)	2.9	(1.4)	0.15

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