Research Article
Determinants of Noncompletion of the Third Dose of Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine in Pregnant Women in Dschang Health District, Cameroon
Table 3
Adjusted effects of factors influencing the number of doses of TTV.
| Variables | Number of doses of TTV | aOR (95% CI) | value | <three doses | ≥three doses | N = 172 | N = 208 | n | % | n | % |
| Health facilities | | | | | | 0.296 | District hospital | 97 | 51.6 | 91 | 48.4 | 0.58 (0.223–1.5) | | St. Vincent hospital | 75 | 39.06 | 117 | 60.94 | 1 | |
| Age group | | | | | | 0.441 | ≤19 | 8 | 61.5 | 5 | 38.4 | 1.62 (0.12–8.3) | | 20–25 | 81 | 55.48 | 65 | 44.5 | 1.26 (0.46–3.48) | | 26–35 | 71 | 38.17 | 115 | 61.83 | 0.79 (0.296–2.2) | | ≥36 | 12 | 34.28 | 23 | 65.7 | 1 | |
| Marital status | | | | | | 0.034 | Single | 70 | 61.4 | 44 | 38.6 | 1.87 (1.05–3.3) | | Married | 103 | 38.7 | 164 | 61.3 | 1 | |
| Postnatal consultation | | | | | | <0.0001 | No | 132 | 70.96 | 54 | 29.03 | 6.75 (3.98–11.49) | | Yes | 40 | 20.61 | 154 | 79.38 | 1 | |
| Health facility where antenatal consultations were done | | | | | | 0.088 | Integrated health center | 11 | 68.75 | 5 | 31.25 | 3.33 (0.7–14.28) | | Private health center | 25 | 71.42 | 10 | 28.57 | 1.25 (0.41–3.75) | | District hospital | 77 | 47.23 | 86 | 52.77 | 3,43 (1.23–9.51) | | Confessional hospital | 59 | 35.75 | 106 | 64.24 | 1 | |
| Number of antenatal consultations during the last pregnancy | | | | | | 0.116 | ≤2 | 35 | 79.54 | 9 | 20.45 | 2.17 (0.88–0.57) | | ≥3 | 137 | 40.77 | 199 | 59.22 | 1 | |
| Information on TT3 during antenatal consultations | | | | | | 0.376 | No | 124 | 58.18 | 186 | 41.87 | 1.43 (0.64–3.18) | | Yes | 50 | 29.44 | 22 | 30.55 | 1 | |
| RDV for TT3 written on the hospital booklet | | | | | | 0.101 | I do not know | 23 | 71.87 | 9 | 28.12 | 2.72 (0.73–7.8) | | No | 31 | 75.6 | 10 | 24.39 | 2.09 (0.73–5.4) | | Yes | 118 | 38.4 | 189 | 61.5 | 1 | |
| Who accompanies the baby for vaccination? | | | | | | <0.0001 | Someone else | 120 | 69.8 | 194 | 93.3 | 3.85 (1.84–8.049) | | Myself | 52 | 30.2 | 14 | 6.7 | 1 | |
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