Mother’s Knowledge on HIV, Syphilis, Rubella, and Associated Factors in Northern Tanzania: Implications for MTCT Elimination Strategies

Table 5

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with rubella, syphilis, and HIV as MTCT infections.

Variable	Rubella		Syphilis		HIV
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
District of enrollment
Rombo	1				1
Moshi urban	1.28 (0.63-2.61)	0.499			0.37 (0.19-0.75)	0.005
Same	2.15 (1.18-3.92)	0.012			0.49 (0.25-0.94)	0.032
Age group (years)
15-24			1		1
25-34			1.67 (1.02-2.75)	0.04	1.44 (0.77-2.69)	0.255
35+			2.99 (1.76-5.11)	<0.001	0.83 (0.42-1.64)	0.588
Marital status
Married/cohabiting			1.0		1.0
Single			0.78 (0.44-1.38)	0.393	0.50 (0.26-0.95)	0.034
Widow/divorced/separated			1.04 (0.49-2.25)	0.912	2.31 (0.51-10.40)	0.275
Women’s occupation
Not formally employed			1.0
Formally employed			2.90 (1.35-6.23)	0.006
Have mobile phone
No					1.0
Yes					2.29 (1.21-4.36)	0.011
Ever heard of rubella
No			1.0		1.0
Yes			1.99 (1.17-3.40)	0.011	3.66 (1.08-12.36)	0.037
Mention syphilis as an MTCT infection
No	1.0				1.0
Yes	1.93 (1.15-3.23)	0.013			6.89 (2.43-19.56)	<0.001
Mention HIV as an MTCT infection
No	1.0		1.0
Yes	2.97 (0.89-9.85)	0.08	6.96 (2.47-19.63)	<0.001