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Table 3 Regression analysis for the efficacy of health education intervention on SCD among pregnant women attending ANC in Dar Es Salaam

From: The efficacy of maternal health education and maternal screening on knowledge and the uptake of infant screening for sickle cell disease in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania; a quasi experimental study

 

Efficacious health education

Univariate analysis

P-value

Multivariate analysis

p-value

Factors

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

COR [95%CI]

AOR [95% CI]

Marital status

 Married

339(86.7)

52 (13.3)

Reference

   

 Not married

67 (88.2)

9 (11.8)

1.14 [0.54–2.43]

0.73

-

-

Level of Education

 Illiterate/ Primary

179 (90.4)

19 (9.6)

1.99[0.89–4.45]

0.09

1.86 [0.76–4.51]

0.17

 Secondary

175 (85.0)

31 (15.0)

1.19 [0.56–2.54]

0.65

1.19 [0.54–2.62]

0.67

 College / university

52 (82.5)

11 (17.5)

Reference

 

Reference

 

Occupation

 Employed

36 (76.6)

11 (23.4)

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Self employed

238 (87.8)

33 (12.2)

2.20 [1.02–4.75]

0.04

2.08 [0.99–4.63]

0.07

 Housewife

132 (88.6)

17 (11.4)

2.37 [1.02–5.55]

0.05

2.18 [0.89–5.32]

0.09

Mother Screened for SCD

 Yes

198 (89.6)

23 (10.4)

1.57 [0.90–2.73]

0.1

0.2 [0.03–3.14]

0.31

 No

208 (84.6)

38 (15.5)

Reference

 

Reference

 

If shared health education

 Yes

278 (90.0)

31 (10.0)

2.10 [1.22–3.62]

0.007

2.45 [1.38–4.36]

0.002

 No

128 (81.0)

30 (19.0)

Reference

 

Reference

 
  1. COR  Crude Odd Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odd Ratio, 95%CI Confidence Interval at 95%