Research Article
Determinants of Noncompletion of the Third Dose of Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine in Pregnant Women in Dschang Health District, Cameroon
Table 1
Sociodemographic and obstetrical characteristics of participants according to the number of doses of TTV.
| Variables | Number of doses of TTV | OR (95% CI) | value | <three doses | ≥three doses | Total | N = 172 | N = 208 | N = 380 | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 26.17 ± 4.85 yrs | 28.79 ± 5.26 yrs | 27 ± 5.2 yrs | | |
| Age groups | | | | | | | | 0.005 | 17–19 | 8 | 4.7 | 5 | 2.3 | 13 | 3.4 | 3.07 (0.78–11.49) | | 20–25 | 81 | 47.1 | 65 | 31.3 | 146 | 38.4 | 2.28 (1.11–5.15) | | 26–35 | 71 | 41.2 | 115 | 55.3 | 186 | 48.9 | 1.98 (0.62–6.75) | | 35 and above | 12 | 7 | 23 | 11.1 | 35 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| Health facilities | | | | | | | | 0,014 | District hospital | 97 | 51.6 | 91 | 48.4 | 188 | 49.47 | 1.66 (1.11–2.49) | | St. Vincent hospital | 75 | 39.06 | 117 | 60.94 | 192 | 50.52 | 1 | |
| Profession | | | | | | | | 0.278 | Housewife | 18 | 10.5 | 25 | 12.0 | 43 | 11.3 | 1.49 (0.64–3.47) | | Student | 62 | 36.0 | 59 | 28.4 | 121 | 31.8 | 2.17 (1.08–4.34) | | Private/public salary earner | 92 | 53.5 | 124 | 59.6 | 216 | 56.8 | 1 | |
| Level of education | | | | | | | | 0.676 | Primary | 29 | 16.8 | 30 | 14.4 | 59 | 15.5 | 1.25 (0.71–2.46) | | Secondary | 93 | 54.1 | 110 | 52.9 | 203 | 53.4 | 1.14 (0.72–1.81) | | Higher | 50 | 29.1 | 68 | 32.7 | 118 | 31.1 | 1 | |
| Marital status | | | | | | | | 0,002 | Single | 69 | 40.1 | 45 | 21.6 | 114 | 30.0 | 2.43 (1.54–3.84) | | Married | 103 | 59.9 | 163 | 78.4 | 266 | 70.0 | 1 | |
| Parity | | | | | | | | <0.0001 | Paucipara | 94 | 54.6 | 71 | 34.1 | 165 | 43.4 | 2.2 (1.11–3.36) | | Multipara | 66 | 38.4 | 117 | 56.3 | 183 | 48.2 | 1.23 (0.78–2.23) | | Grand multipara | 12 | 7 | 20 | 9.6 | 32 | 8.4 | 1 | |
| Number of antenatal consultations during the last pregnancy | | | | | | | | <0.0001 | ≤2 | 35 | 79.54 | 9 | 20.45 | 44 | 11.57 | 5,64 (2,63–12,12) | | ≥3 | 137 | 40.77 | 199 | 59.22 | 336 | 88.42 | 1 | |
| Health facility where antenatal consultation was done | | | | | | | | <0.0001 | Integrated health center | 11 | 68.75 | 5 | 31.25 | 16 | 4.21 | 2.48 (0.82–7.69) | | Private health center | 25 | 71.42 | 10 | 28.57 | 35 | 9.21 | 2.82 (1.27–6.25) | | District hospital | 77 | 47.23 | 86 | 52.77 | 163 | 42.89 | 1.15 (0.76–1.7) | | Confessional hospital | 59 | 35.75 | 106 | 64.24 | 168 | 43.42 | 1 | |
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Paucipara: 1-2 deliveries; multipara: 3–5 deliveries; grand multipara: more than 5 deliveries; ANC: antenatal consultations.
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