Obstetric Danger Signs: Knowledge, Attitude, Health-Seeking Action, and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers in Nekemte Town, Oromia Region, Western Ethiopia—A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with knowledge of obstetric danger signs among postnatal mothers in Nekemte Town, November 2017.

Variable	Poor knowledge N [%]	Good knowledge N [%]	COR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]
Age
≤20	10 [43.5]	13 [56.5]	1	1
21–25	100 [58.8]	70 [41.2]	4.1 [1.67–10.1]	0.41 [0.15–1.1]
26–30	180 [70.6]	75 [29.4]	2.2 [1.38–3.54]	0.25 [0.09–1.2]
>30	123 [75.9]	39 [24.1]	11.3 [0.84–2.1]	0.18 [0.07–1.3]
Gravidity
1	64 [53.8]	55 [46.2]	1	1
2–4	343 [71]	140 [29]	10.48 [0.32–0.72]	1.1 [0.29–4.2]
≥5	6 [75]	2 [25]	0.39 [0.08–2.0]	4.2 [0.19–9.5]
Parity
1	67 [53.6]	58 [46.4]	1	1
2–4	341 [71.2]	138 [28.8]	0.47 [0.32–0.7]	0.65 [0.17–2.4]
≥5	5 [83.3]	1 [16.7]	0.23 [0.03–2.04]	0.12 [0.003–5.01]
Occupation
Housewife	161 [72.9]	60 [27.1]	1
Government employee	106 [54.4]	89 [45.6]	2.25 [1.41–3.39]	3.28 [1.98–5.42]
Merchant	88 [69.3]	39 [30.7]	1.19 [0.74–1.92]	1.27 [0.76–2.14]
Daily laborer	58 [86.6]	9 [13.4]	0.42 [0.19–0.89]	0.47 [0.21–1.04]
Educational status
Unable to read and write	56 [86.2]	9 [13.8]	1	1
Able to read and write	73 [57.5]	54 [42.5]	4.6 [2.09–10.1]	4.92 [2.14–11.3]
Primary	62 [55.4]	50 [44.6]	5.02 [2.26–11.13]	4.90 [2.11–11.41]
Secondary	91 [73.4]	33 [26.6]	2.26 [1.01–5.07]	2.15 [0.89–5.14]
College and above	131 [72]	51 [28]	2.42 [1.12–5.26]	1.31 [0.51–3.26]
ANC follow-up during pregnancy
No	34 [91.9]	3 [8.1]	1	1
Yes	379 [66.1]	194 [33.9]	5.8 [1.76–19.13]	6.2 [1.82–21.2]
Number of ANC visit
≤2 times	118 [86.1]	19 [13.9]	1	1
>2 times	261 [59.9]	175 [40.1]	4.2 [2.47–7.0]	4.07 [2.35–7.06]

¹Reference. Significant association.