Table 3.
Predictors of herbal medicine use among women seeking care for infertility.
| Characteristics | Variables | COR (95% CL) | p value | AOR (95% CL) | p value |
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| Age group | <30 years | 1 | |||
| ≥30 years | 1.70 (0.90–3.22) | 0.099 | - | ||
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| Religion | Islam | 1 | 0.694 | ||
| Christianity | 0.88 (0.47–1.66) | - | |||
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| Marital status | Single/separated | 1 | 0.395 | ||
| Married/cohabitate | 1.79 (0.47–6.90) | - | |||
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| Type of marriage | Polygamous | 1 | 0.640 | ||
| Monogamous | 0.73 (0.19–2.76) | - | |||
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| Change of partner | No | 1 | 0.396 | ||
| Yes | 1.59 (0.55–4.62) | - | |||
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| Duration of relationship | >10 yrs | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1–5 yrs | 0.23 (0.05–0.96) | 0.044 | 0.27 (0.04–1.59) | 0.147 | |
| 6–10 yrs | 0.36 (0.08–1.59) | 0.177 | 0.31 (0.06–1.68) | 0.173 | |
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| Tribe | Others | 1 | |||
| Mende | 0.81 (0.37–1.78) | 0.604 | - | ||
| Temne | 1.09 (0.49–2.42) | 0.826 | - | ||
| Fullah | 0.31 (0.06–1.54) | 0.154 | - | ||
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| Educational status | Tertiary | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nonformal | 6.30 (2.57–15.46) | <0.001 | 4.03 (1.38–11.76) | 0.011 | |
| Primary | 7.33 (2.68–20.08) | <0.001 | 6.23 (2.02–19.23) | 0.001 | |
| Secondary | 2.01 (0.78–5.19) | 0.146 | 1.90 (0.62–5.85) | 0.262 | |
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| Employment status | Unemployed | 1 | 0.953 | ||
| Employed | 1.02 (0.47–2.20) | - | |||
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| Partner with child/children from previous relationship | No | 1 | 0.068 | ||
| Yes | 1.87 (0.96–3.64) | ||||
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| Household income provider | Self | 1 | |||
| Partner | 0.99 (0.19–4.92) | 0.988 | - | ||
| Both | 0.71 (0.15–3.36) | 0.669 | - | ||
| Others | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.999 | - | ||
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| Monthly income | 1–3.5 million Leones | 1 | 0.001 | 1 | |
| <1 million | 3.65 (1.74–7.64) | 1.95 (0.70–5.42) | 0.202 | ||
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| Distance from health facility | >10 km | 1 | - | ||
| <5 km | 0.15 (0.02–1.49) | 0.105 | - | ||
| 5–10 km | 0.24 (0.02–2.44) | 0.229 | - | ||
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| Presence of health problems | No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 0.85 (0.34–2.12) | 0.726 | - | ||
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| Suffering from other reproductive health problems | No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 2.22 (1.15–4.31) | 0.018 | 2.57 (1.13–5.83) | 0.024 | |
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| Reported emotional torture | No | 1 | 0.353 | - | |
| Yes | 1.54 (0.62–3.80) | - | |||
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| Barriers to accessing fertility care | No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 3.19 (1.65–6.16) | 0.001 | 1.46 (0.61–3.49) | 0.400 | |
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| Visited a traditional medicine practitioner | No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 20.59 (2.57–165.24) | 0.004 | 20.05 (2.10–192.28) | 0.009 | |
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| Duration of infertility | >24 months | 1 | |||
| 0–24 months | 0.35 (0.12–1.03) | 0.056 | - | ||
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| Previously pregnant | No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 2.17 (1.14–4.13) | 0.018 | 2.32 (0.93–5.82) | 0.072 | |