Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessment of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Three-Dose Policy on Birth Outcomes in Rural Northern Ghana
Table 3
Relationship between ANC visits, sociodemographic characteristics, IPTp-SP uptake, and malaria infection among women that had recently delivered.
Variables
No.
% uptake of IPTp-SP
χ2
p value
< 3 doses
≥ 3 doses
Gestational age at first ANC
First trimester
75
12.0
88.0
51.0
<0.001
Second trimester
150
19.3
80.7
Third trimester
29
75.9
24.1
Number of ANC visits
< 4
29
93.1
6.9
87.6
<0.001
≥ 4
225
57.8
42.2
Gestational age at first dose of SP
16 weeks
43
9.3
90.7
60.5
<0.001
17-24 weeks
144
11.8
88.2
25-36 weeks
67
58.2
41.8
Number of children
1-2
164
24.4
75.6
1.4
3-4
75
20.0
80.0
0.501
5-6
15
33.3
66.7
Marital status
Married
218
21.6
78.4
3.6
0.146
Single
34
35.3
64.7
Divorced
2
50
50
Educational level
No formal education
28
42.9
57.1
8.8
0.032
Basic education
61
26.2
73.8
Secondary education
109
22.0
78.0
Tertiary education
56
14.3
85.7
Age group (years)
15-19
35
37.1
62.9
5.0
0.175
20-29
143
20.3
79.7
30-39
67
22.4
77.6
40-47
9
33.3
66.7
Malaria infection during current pregnancy
Had infection
20
20.0
80.0
0.16
0.691
Did not have infection
234
23.9
76.1
IPTp-SP= intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine pyrimethamine, n= number of respondents.
