| Urban | Rural | Total | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | ||||||
 | (n = 73) | (n = 69) | (n = 81) | (n = 79) | (n = 154) | (n = 148) | ||||||
 | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Constipation | 12 | 16.44 | 22 | 31.88* | 7 | 8.64 | 9 | 11.39 | 19 | 12.34 | 31 | 20.95* |
Hemorrhoids | 7 | 9.59 | 8 | 11.59 | 2 | 2.47 | 2 | 2.53 | 9 | 5.84 | 10 | 6.76 |
Anal fissure | 2 | 2.74 | 3 | 4.35 | 1 | 1.23 | 3 | 3.8 | 3 | 1.95 | 6 | 4.05* |
Urinary system infection | 2 | 2.74 | 6 | 8.7 | 3 | 3.7 | 2 | 2.53 | 5 | 3.25 | 8 | 5.41 |
Cold or fever | 5 | 6.85 | 6 | 8.7 | 1 | 1.23 | 3 | 3.8 | 6 | 3.9 | 9 | 6.08 |
Backache | 21 | 28.77 | 18 | 26.09 | 1 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15.58 | 18 | 12.16 |
Leg cramp or joint pain | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.25* | 1 | 1.23 | 4 | 5.06 | 1 | 0.65 | 9 | 6.08** |
Abdominal pain | 2 | 2.74 | 12 | 17.39* | 2 | 2.47 | 4 | 5.06 | 4 | 2.6 | 16 | 10.81** |
Dizziness | 4 | 5.48 | 10 | 14.49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.53 | 4 | 2.6 | 12 | 8.11** |
Headache | 5 | 6.85 | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.27 | 5 | 3.25 | 5 | 3.38 |
Oral inflammation | 4 | 5.489 | 2 | 2.9 | 24 | 29.63 | 19 | 24.45 | 28 | 18.18 | 21 | 14.19 |
Gingival bleeding | 6 | 8.22 | 3 | 4.35 | 10 | 12.13 | 11 | 13.92 | 16 | 10.39 | 14 | 9.46 |
Breast problems | 43 | 58.9 | 38 | 55.07 | 3 | 3.7 | 12 | 15.19 | 46 | 29.87 | 50 | 33.78 |
Insufficient milk production | 14 | 21.54 | 20 | 25.97 | 7 | 8.64 | 9 | 11.39 | 21 | 13.64 | 29 | 19.59* |
Prolonged lochia rubra | 29 | 39.73 | 31 | 44.93 | 2 | 2.47 | 2 | 2.53* | 31 | 20.13 | 33 | 22.3 |