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 variablesFrequency (%)UnadjustedAdjusted
OR95% CI valueOR95% CI value

Awareness of anaemia
 No294 (69.3)Reference
 Yes130 (30.7)4.042.25, 7.25<0.013.571.96, 6.51<0.01

Knowledge of anaemia
 Poor241 (56.8)Reference
 Good183 (43.7)1.821.17, 2.810.011.120.63, 2.000.70

Knowledge of the IFAS program
 Poor275 (64.9)Reference
 Good149 (35.1)2.291.47, 3.57<0.011.670.94, 3.000.08