Table 3. Factors associated with essential newborn care practices among adolescent mothers in Hoima District.
| Dry cord care | Optimal thermal care | Appropriate breast feeding | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARRIABLE | Crude odds ratio(CI) | P_Value | Adjusted odds ratio (CI) | P_Value | Crude odds ratio(CI) | P_Value | Adjusted odds ratio (CI) | P_Value | Crude odds ratio(CI) | P_Value | Adjusted odds ratio (CI) | P_Value |
| Child sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Female | 1.65(1.09–2.49) | 0.017* | 1.71(0.88–3.31) | 0.113 | ||||||||
| Child birth weight | ||||||||||||
| More than2.5 Kgs | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Less or equal to 2.5kg | 1.76(1.02–3.03) | 0.041 | 1.34(0.48–3.73) | 0.565 | ||||||||
| Number of children at birth | ||||||||||||
| Single | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Twin | 0.28(0.10–0.78) | 0.015 | 0.04(0.01–0.22) | 0.000** | ||||||||
| Number of ANC attended | ||||||||||||
| 1_3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 or more | 1.30(1.08–1.56) | 0.006* | 2.17(0.90–5.21) | 0.083 | 1.20(1.03–1.40) | 0.018 | 0.96(0.32–2.92) | 0.945 | 1.00 (0.87–1.14) | 0.948 | 1.08(0.58–2.08) | 0.261 |
| Facility delivery | ||||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 1.54(0.86–2.75) | 0.148 | 1.21(0.30–4.95) | 0.787 | 2.34(1.32–4.18) | 0.004 | 3.26(0.28–38.47) | 0.342 | 1.32(0.75–2.32) | 0.329 | 0.57(0.42–1.84) | 0.719 |
| Type of delivery | ||||||||||||
| Normal | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Caesarian | 0.12 (0.03–0.46)* | 0.002 | 0.19(0.04–0.96) | 0.044** | ||||||||
| Duration of hospital stay postpartum | ||||||||||||
| Went home within a day | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Spent more than one day | 1.69(0.81–3.51) | 0.159 | 1.04(0.29–3.74) | 0.948 | 1.35(0.75–2.42) | 0.311 | 1.50(0.40–5.62) | 0.541 | 3.69 (2.10–6.49)* | 0.000* | 2.45(1.23–4.86) | 0.011** |
| Number of VHT postnatal visits | ||||||||||||
| 1 visit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 or more visits | 1.43(1.00–2.04) | 0.051 | 2.33(0.92–5.88) | 0.073 | 1.29(0.91–1.83) | 0.15 | 1.25(0.51–3.04) | 0.945 | ||||
| Gender of caretaker in the postnatal period | ||||||||||||
| Female | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Male | 2.10(1.11–3.97) | 0.024* | 1.94(0.17–22.22) | 0.588 | 0.55 (0.25–1.23) | 0.142* | 0.18(0.07–0.49) | 0.001** | ||||
| Caretakers education level | ||||||||||||
| Primary and below | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Secondary and above | 1.88(0.96–3.56) | 0.064 | 1.10(0.34–3.57) | 0.869 | 0.82 (0.45–1.51) | 0.524 | 0.86(0.36–2.05) | 0.722 | ||||
| Knowledge of essential newborn care practice | ||||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Yes | 4.39(2.28–8.07) | 0.000* | 5.34(1.51–18.84) | 0.000* | 15.91(8.72–29.02) | 0 | 25.15(7.01–90.20) | 0.000** | 15.51(6.06–39.69) | 0.000* | 14.71(5.20–41.58) | 0.000** |
*significant at bivariate analysis.
** significant at multivariate analysis