Journal of Pregnancy / 2020 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Knowledge of and Adherence to Anaemia Prevention Strategies among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Facilities in Juaboso District in Western-North Region, Ghana Table 3 Associations between adherence to anaemia prevention strategies and general characteristics and knowledge on anaemia.
Variables Adherence to anaemia prevention strategies OR (95% CI) value AOR (95% CI) value Partial adherence 364 (60.9) Complete adherence 234 (39.1) Subdistrict Juaboso 98 (60.1) 65 (39.9) 1 0.123 Bonsu 92 (60.5) 60 (39.5) 0.81 (0.03-8.76) Jato 83 (59.7) 56 (40.3) 1.78 (0.04-5.84) Asempaneye 91 (63.2) 53 (36.8) 0.65 (0.05-7.51) Age-group (years) 10–19 61 (84.7) 11 (15.3) 1 0.237 20–29 160 (60.4) 105 (39.6) 4.73 (0.26-8.47) 30–39 101 (52.1) 93 (47.9) 6.65 (0.22-10.58) ≥40 42 (62.7) 25 (37.3) 4.54 (0.01-9.29) Educational status None 98 (89.9) 11 (10.1) 1 0.371 Basic 201 (77.0) 60 (23.0) 3.29 (0.23-7.67) Secondary 58 (37.4) 97 (62.6) 7.57 (0.11-11.32) Tertiary 7 (9.6) 66 (90.4) 8.24 (0.64-14.56) Marital status Legally married 262 (55.7) 208 (44.3) 1 0.421 Cohabitation 102 (79.7) 26 (20.3) 0.48 (0.07-11.43) Religion Christianity 248 (60.3) 163 (39.7) 1 0.394 Muslim 52 (43.3) 68 (56.7) 2.12 (0.03-4.45) Traditionalist 64 (95.5) 3 (4.5) 0.32 (0.02-11.41) Ethnicity Akan 181 (53.9) 155 (46.1) 1 0.001 1 Ewe 51 (64.6) 28 (35.4) 0.69 (0.01-0.89) 0.68 (0.02-0.87) 0.001 Ga-Adangbe 53 (84.1) 10 (15.9) 0.51 (0.07-0.91) 0.53 (0.09-0.90) 0.002 Kussase 79 (65.8) 41 (34.2) 0.67 (0.06-0.92) 0.61 (0.04-0.92) 0.001 Occupation Unemployed 76 (63.9) 43 (36.1) 1 0.321 Nonformal jobs 274 (67.5) 132 (32.5) 0.07 (0.13-2.43) Formal jobs 14 (19.2) 59 (80.8) 3.21 (0.28-7.25) Gestational age of the pregnancy 1st trimester 89 (61.0) 57 (39.0) 1 0.408 2nd trimester 169 (63.3) 98 (36.7) 0.72 (0.19-8.03) 3rd trimester 106 (57.3) 79 (42.7) 1.94 (0.21-3.67) Parity 0 39 (76.5) 12 (23.5) 1 0.421 1 280 (71.6) 111 (28.4) 1.67 (0.17-3.92) 2 41 (40.6) 60 (59.4) 3.34 (0.62-4.27) ≥3 4 (7.3) 51 (92.7) 7.56 (0.41-9.18) Knowledge of anaemia Low/fair 355 (68.7) 162 (31.3) 1 0.001 1 High 9 (11.1) 72 (88.9) 4.12 (2.76-8.66) 3.88 (1.32-7.93) 0.001