Research Article
Compliance with Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Its Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana
Table 5
Factors associated with IFAS compliance level among adolescent girls.
| Independent variables | Frequency (%) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | OR | 95% CI | value | OR | 95% CI | value |
| Awareness of anaemia | | | | | | | | No | 294 (69.3) | Reference | | | | | | Yes | 130 (30.7) | 4.04 | 2.25, 7.25 | <0.01 | 3.57 | 1.96, 6.51 | <0.01 |
| Knowledge of anaemia | | | | | | | | Poor | 241 (56.8) | Reference | | | | | | Good | 183 (43.7) | 1.82 | 1.17, 2.81 | 0.01 | 1.12 | 0.63, 2.00 | 0.70 |
| Knowledge of the IFAS program | | | | | | | | Poor | 275 (64.9) | Reference | | | | | | Good | 149 (35.1) | 2.29 | 1.47, 3.57 | <0.01 | 1.67 | 0.94, 3.00 | 0.08 |
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