Research Article
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Prenatal Care in the Northwestern Ethiopia
Table 4
Univariate and multivariable analysis of potential risk factors associated with IPIs among pregnant women in Shahura Primary Hospital, 2019 (
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| | Personal hygiene and environmental factors | Intestinal parasite | COR (95% CI) | value | AOR (95% CI) | value | | Positive (%) | Negative (%) |
| | Hand washing after toilet | | No | 47 (52.8) | 42 (47.2) | 2.39 (1.48-3.88) | ≤0.001 | 1.34 (0.73-2.48) | 0.345 | | Yes | 94 (31.9) | 201 (68.1) | 1 | | 1 | | | Hand washing before meal | | No | 14 (70.0) | 6 (30.0) | 4.35 (1.63-11.60) | 0.003 | 2.47 (0.84-7.31) | 0.102 | | Yes | 127 (34.9) | 237 (65.1) | 1 | | 1 | | | Place of defecation | | Outside latrine | 56 (45.2) | 68 (54.8) | 1.69 (1.09-2.63) | 0.018 | 1.16 (0.70-1.91) | 0.568 | | Inside latrine | 85 (32.7) | 175 (67.3) | 1 | | 1 | | | Place of bath | | Outside house (river) | 52 (44.1) | 66 (55.9) | 1.57 (1.01-2.44) | 0.047 | 0.92 (0.54-1.56) | 0.749 | | Inside house | 89 (33.5) | 177 (66.5) | 1 | | 1 | | | Habit of wearing shoe | | No | 28 (58.3) | 20 (41.7) | 2.76 (1.49-5.12) | ≤0.001 | 0.72 (1.36-5.43) | 0.005 | | Yes | 113 (33.6) | 223 (66.4) | 1 | | 1 | | | Type of drinking water | | Well/stream/river (unboiled) | 76 (51.4) | 72 (48.6) | 9.50 (1.17-76.88) | 0.035 | 14.55 (1.68-126.15) | 0.015 | | Tap water | 64 (28.3) | 162 (71.7) | 3.56 (0.44-28.64) | 0.233 | 7.02 (0.79-62.41) | 0.080 | | Boiled water | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | 1 | | 1 | | | Soil eating habit | | Yes | 24 (58.5) | 17 (41.5) | 2.73 (1.41-5.28) | 0.003 | 2.32 (1.11-4.87) | 0.026 | | No | 117 (34.1) | 226 (65.8) | 1 | | 1 | | | Habit of eating raw vegetable/meat | | Yes | 67 (51.5) | 63 (48.5) | 2.58 (1.67-4.01) | ≤0.001 | 1.91 (1.09-3.31) | 0.023 | | No | 74 (29.1) | 180 (70.8) | 1 | | 1 | |
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1 : reference category; : statistically significant at . |
