Neonatal Hypothermia and Associated Factors among Newborns Admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Dessie Referral Hospital, Amhara Region, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 5

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with neonatal hypothermia in the NICU of Dessie Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2018 ().

Variables		Hypothermia		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		Yes	No
Birth weight (grams)	<2500	59 (29.2%)	19 (9.4%)	1.96 (1.04, 3.7)	1 (0.5-2.3)	0.9
	≥2500	76 (37.6%)	48 (23.8%)	1	1
GA (weeks)	<37w	46 (22.8%)	10 (5%)	2.95 (1.4, 6.3)	2.60 (1.1-6.2)	0.03
	≥37w	89 (44%)	57 (28.2%)	1	1
Skin-to-skin contact	Yes	17 (8.4%)	24 (11.9%)	1	1	0.014
	No	118 (58.4%)	43 (21.3%)	3.87 (1.9, 7.9)	3.14 (1.3-7.8)
Initiation of BF within 1 hr	Yes	15(7.4%)	12 (6%)	1	1	0.39
	No	120 (59.4%)	55 (27.2%)	1.75 (0.8, 4)	1.6 (0.5-4.8)
Bathing within 24 hours	Yes	19 (9.4%)	5 (2.5%)	2.03 (0.7, 5.7)	1.9 (0.6-5.6)	0.26
	No	116 (57.4%)	62 (30.7%)	1	1
Time of delivery	Day	45 (22.3%)	39 (19.3%)	1	1	0.045
	Night	90 (44.6%)	28 (13.8%)	2.79 (1.5, 5)	2.03 (1.02-4)
Undergoing CPR	Yes	37 (18.3%)	7 (3.5%)	3.24 (1.4, 7.7)	2.88 (1.1-7.2)	0.024
	No	98 (48.5%)	60 (29.7%)	1	1

 = statically significant at with 95% CI.