Table 4.
Bivariable and multivariable analyses of factors with the willingness to receive short message service (SMS) text message–based mHealth interventions to improve antenatal care (ANC) among pregnant women attending ANC at health centers in the Gondar Town Administration, Northwest Ethiopia (N=416).
| Factors | Willingness, n | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | ||
| Yes | No | ||||
| Age (years) | |||||
| 15-24 | 133 | 27 | 2.810 (1.729-4.569) | 2.869 (1.451-5.651)a | |
| ≥25 | 163 | 93 | Refb | Ref | |
| Place of residence | |||||
| Urban | 255 | 83 | 2.773 (1.667-4.612) | — | |
| Rural | 41 | 37 | Ref | — | |
| Educational level | |||||
| Cannot read and write | 34 | 36 | Ref | Ref | |
| Informal education | 13 | 8 | 1.721 (0.634-4.666) | 5.032 (0.792-31.978) | |
| Primary | 78 | 32 | 2.581 (1.383-4.815) | 3.040 (1.001-9.230)a | |
| Secondary and above | 171 | 44 | 4.115 (2.318-7.305) | 4.995 (1.489-14.773)a | |
| Type of mobile phonec | |||||
| Smart | 101 | 19 | 2.030 (1.136-3.627) | — | |
| Standard | 144 | 55 | Ref | — | |
| Frequency of mobile phone usec | |||||
| Always | 229 | 57 | Ref | Ref | |
| Some times | 16 | 17 | 0.234 (0.112-0.492) | 0.319 (0.141-0.718)a | |
| Lock mobile phone with a passwordc | |||||
| Yes | 132 | 32 | 0.110 (0.652-1.102) | — | |
| Share mobile phone with others in the house | |||||
| Yes | 64 | 31 | Ref | — | |
| No | 181 | 43 | 2.039 (1.181-3.508) | — | |
| Use internetc | |||||
| Yes | 124 | 27 | 1.784 (1.044-3.047) | — | |
| No | 121 | 47 | Ref | Ref | |
aStatistically significant at P<.05.
bRef: reference.
cParticipants with mobile phone ownership, n=319.