Research Article
Knowledge and Attitude of Obstetric Care Providers on Partograph and Its Associated Factors in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 7
Factors associated with attitude towards partograph, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015 (
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| Variables | Attitude towards partograph | Crude odds ratio (95% C.I) | Adjusted odds ratio (95% C.I) | Unfavorable | Favorable | (%) | (%) |
| Health facilities | | | | | Health center | 119 (48.37) | 127 (51.63) | 1.00 | 1.00 | Hospital | 4 (14.81) | 23 (85.19) | 5.39 | 5.04 | Regular working department | | | | | Outpatient department | 31 (63.27) | 18 (36.73) | 1.00 | 1.00 | Delivery ward | 53 (37.59) | 88 (62.41) | 2.86 | 2.26 | Antenatal care | 23 (48.94) | 24 (51.06) | 1.80 (0.80–4.06) | 1.97 (0.82–4.72) | Family planning | 16 (44.44) | 20 (55.56) | 2.15 (0.90–5.18) | 2.53 (0.99–6.43) | Obstetric training | | | | | No | 96 (52.75) | 86 (47.25) | 1.00 | 1.00 | Yes | 27 (29.67) | 64 (70.33) | 2.65 | 1.32 (0.59–2.94) | Learnt partograph | | | | | No | 53 (65.43) | 28 (34.57) | 1.00 | 1.00 | Yes | 70 (35.46) | 122 (63.54) | 3.30 | 2.13 | Partograph training | | | | | No | 105 (53.85) | 90 (46.15) | 1.00 | 1.00 | Yes | 18 (23.08) | 60 (76.92) | 3.89 | 3.37 | Profession | | | | | Nurse | 80 (51.6) | 75 (48.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | Midwifes | 27 (36.5) | 47 (63.5) | 1.85 | 0.58 (0.27–1.27) | Public health officer | 15 (40.5) | 22 (59.5) | 1.56 (0.75–3.24) | 1.62 (0.74–3.53) | Others | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 6.40 (0.75–54.41) | 0.62 (0.04–8.11) | Clinical service years | | | | | ≤3 years | 54 (40.9%) | 78 (59.1%) | 1 | | 4–6 years | 44 (50.6%) | 43 (49.4%) | 0.68 (0.39–1.17) | | ≥7 years | 25 (46.3%)
| 29 (53.7%) | 0.80 (0.42–1.52) | |
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Significant at value < 0.05, value < 0.01, and value < 0.001.
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