Knowledge about Neonatal Danger Signs and Associated Factors among Mothers Attending Immunization Clinic at Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with knowledge on neonatal dangers sign among mothers visiting immunization unit of Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2018.

	Knowledge of mothers on danger sign		95% CI
Variables	Poor (n (%)	Good (n (%)	COR	AOR
Mother’s age
15-24	47(67.1%)	23(32.9%)	1
25-34	92(57.9%)	67(42.1%)	1.488(0.825,2.684)	1.643(0.857,3.149)
35-44	65(56.0%)	51(44.0%)	1.603(0.863,2.978)	1.536(0.764,3.089)
Mother’s educational status
No formal education	37(80.4%)	9(19.6%)	1	1
Primary	63(51.6%)	59(48.4%)	3.850(1.712,8.658)	4.454(1.423,13.936)
Secondary	42(46.2)	49(53.8%)	4.796(2.077,11.076)	5.638(1.677,18.949)
Above secondary	62(72.1%)	24(27.9%)	1.591(0.668,3.789)	1.832(0.520,6.456)
Father’s educational status
No formal education	26(76.5%)	8(23.5%)	1	1
Primary	45(57.0%)	34(43.0%)	2.456(0.989,6.094)	1.038(0.298,3.617)
Secondary	38(45.8%)	45(54.2%)	3.849(1.561,9.489)	1.198(0.324,4.428)
Above secondary	95(63.8%)	54(36.2%)	1.591(0.782,4.365)	0.750(0.198,2.841)
Parity
Primipara	98(64.9%)	53(35.1%)	1	1
Multipara	106(54.6%)	88(45.4%)	0.651(0.421,1.009)	1.354(0.822,2.230)
Assistance during delivery
Non-health professional	41(74.5%)	14(25.5%)	1	1
by health professional	163(56.2%)	127(43.8%)	2.282(1.192,4.369)	0.840(0.112,6.307)
Place of delivery
Home	42(75.0%)	14(25.0%)	1	1
Health facility	162(56.1)%	127(43.9%)	0.425(0.222,0.813)	2.012(0.265,15.262)
Antenatal care followup
Yes	192(58.0%)	139(42.0%)	4.344(0.957,19.718)	1.980(0.358,10.958)
No	12(85.7%)	2(14.3%)	1	1
Postnatal care followup
Yes	24(46.2%)	28(53.8%)	1.858(1.026,3.365)	2.644(1.357,5.151)
No	180(61.4%)	113(38.6%)	1	1

P-value less than 0.05, p-value less than 0.25.