Research Article
Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors for Newborn Danger Signs among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Anlemo District
Table 6
Multivariable analysis of healthcare-seeking behavior of mothers on neonatal danger signs in Anlemo district, southern Ethiopia, 2019.
| Variables | Healthcare-seeking behavior | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | value | Sought nonmedical care (%) | Sought medical care (%) |
| Educational status of respondent | Unable to read and write | 93 (51.7) | 37 (38.9) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Elementary | 62 (34.4) | 42 (44.2) | 1.70 (0.98, 2.94) | 1.68 (0.64, 4.40) | 0.288 | Secondary | 19 (10.6) | 7 (7.4) | 0.93 (0.36, 2.38) | 0.54 (0.09, 2.96) | 0.476 | College and above | 6 (3.3) | 9 (9.5) | 3.77 (1.25, 11.34) | 6.34 (1.23, 32.69) | 0.027 |
| Time to reach nearest HF | ≤30 | 75 (41.7) | 56 (58.9) | 2.01 (1.21, 3.33) | 2.53 (1.05, 6.08) | 0.038 | >30 | 105 (58.3) | 39 (41.1) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PNC follow-up | Yes | 116 (64.4) | 82 (86.3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | No | 64 (35.6) | 13 (13.7) | 2.82 (1.26, 6.32) | 1.29 (0.32, 5.26) | 0.715 |
| Place of delivery | Health institutions | 58 (50.0) | 57 (69.5) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Home | 58 (50.0) | 25 (30.5) | 0.44 (0.24, 0.79) | 0.34 (0.12, 0.96) | 0.042 |
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