Table 5 Predictors of infant diagnosis for SCD among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Dar es Salaam
Child screened for SCD | Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal characteristics | Yes (N = 25) n (%) | No (N = 442) n (%) | COR [95% CI] | p-value | AOR [95% CI] | p-value |
Level of education | ||||||
Illiterate/Primary | 11 (5.6) | 187 (94.4) | Reference | |||
Secondary level | 9 (4.4) | 197 (95.6) | 0.78 [0.31–1.92] | 0.58 | - | - |
College /university | 5 (7.9) | 58 (92.1) | 1.47 [0.49–4.39] | 0.50 | - | - |
Occupation | ||||||
Employed | 6 (12.8) | 41 (87.2) | 5.30 [1.43–19.70] | 0.01 | 6.49[1.52–27.79] | 0.01 |
Self-employed | 15 (4.5) | 256 (94.5) | 3.12 [0.69–6.52] | 0.19 | 1.75[0.53–5.70] | 0.36 |
Housewife | 4 (2.7) | 145 (97.3) | Reference | Reference | ||
Maternal Status (n = 467) | ||||||
AA | 8 (4.2) | 182 (95.8) | 1.31 [0.48–3.55] | 0.60 | 1.62[0.56–4.84] | 0.38 |
AS / SS | 9 (29.0) | 22 (71.0) | 12.17[4.27–34.70] | < 0.0001 | 13.28[4.11–42.86] | < 0.0001 |
Not screened | 8 (3.2) | 238 (96.8) | Reference | Reference | ||
Level of Knowledge post Training | ||||||
Poor Knowledge | 2 (3.0) | 64 (97.0) | 1.95 [0.45–8.46] | 0.37 | - | - |
Good knowledge | 23 (5.7) | 378 (94.3) | Reference | |||
If Shared received HE (n = 467) | ||||||
Yes | 23 (7.4) | 286 (92.6) | 6.27 [1.46–26.96] | 0.01 | 5.39[1.18–24.67] | 0.03 |
No | 2 (1.3) | 442 (94.6) | Reference | Reference | ||