Table 4. Univariate analysis among women who use reusable cloth pads (N = 249) comparing the odds of different MHM practices for washing, drying and storing cloth pads among BV or UTI laboratory confirmed cases and BV or UTI laboratory negative controls (excluding symptomatic controls) (Group 4).
| Group 4: BV/UTI lab confirmed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BV or UTI lab positive Cases no (%) (N = 138) | BV or UTI lab negative Control no (%) (N = 111) | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Washing place for sanitary cloth | |||||
| Toilet | 89 (69) | 45 (78) | 1.0 | ||
| Tube well or yard | 18 (14) | 5 (8.6) | 1.8 | 0.6–5.2 | 0.3 |
| Pond or river | 23 (18) | 8 (13.8) | 1.6 | 0.6–3.5 | 0.4 |
| Way of washing sanitary cloth | |||||
| Water and soap | 125 (96.2) | 54 (96.4) | 1.0 | ||
| With water | 5 (3.9) | 2 (3.6) | 2.3 | 0.2–5.7 | 0.9 |
| Drying method for sanitary cloth | |||||
| In open space or sun | 113 (87) | 50 (89.3) | 1.0 | ||
| Inside house | 17 (13.1) | 6 (10.7) | 1.3 | 0.5–3.4 | 0.7 |
| Store place for sanitary cloth | |||||
| Wrapped with polythene | 116 (89) | 52 (93) | 1 | ||
| Wrapped with another material | 7 (5.3) | 3 (54) | 1.04 | 0.3–4.2 | 0.9 |
| Wrapped with nothing | 8 (6.1) | 1 (1.8) | 3.6 | 0.4–29.4 | 0.2 |
| Placer where sanitary cloth is stored | |||||
| In the toilet | 24 (18.6) | 15 (28.3) | 1 | ||
| Hidden within cloths | 17 (13.2) | 1 (1.9) | 10.6 | 1.3–88.3 | 0.03 |
| In some place of the changing room | 88 (68.2) | 37 (69.8) | 1.03 | 0.7–3.1 | 0.3 |
*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval, no = number.
Denominators vary as not all respondents answered all questions.