Table 2.
Factors associated with utilization of partograph; Southern Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 442).
| Variables | Utilization of partograph |
OR (95% CI) |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utilized [N (%)] | Not utilized [N (%)] | COR | AOR | ||
| Age | |||||
| 20–29 | 276 (62.4) | 17 (3.8) | 0.51 (0.18–1.44) | 0.67 (0.26–1.70) | 40 |
| ≥30 | 137 (31) | 12 (2.7) | [1] [Reference] | ||
|
Profession | |||||
| Midwife | 272 (61.5) | 8 (1.8) | 10.188 (2.6–39) | 4.7(1.8–12) | .001∗ |
| Nurse | 54 (12.2) | 9 (2) | 1.915 (0.512–7.163) | 1.036 (0.389–2.758) | .944 |
| Other professionalsa | 88 (19.9) | 11 (2.5) | [1] [Reference] | ||
|
Knowledge | |||||
| Knowledgeable | 309 (69.9) | 13 (2.9) | [1] [Reference] | 0.553 (0.242–1.266) | .161 |
| Not knowledgeable | 104 (23.5) | 16 (3.6) | 0.487 (0.187–1.269) | ||
|
Attitude | |||||
| Favorable | 177 (40) | 16 (3.6) | [1] [Reference] | 1.85 (0.847–4.056) | .122 |
| Unfavorable | 236 (53.4) | 13 (2.9) | 2.175 (0.913–5.177) | ||
∗ = P-value <.05. Bold value indicates the significant variable.
Abbreviation: AOR– Adjusted Odds Ratio.
COR– Crudes Odds Ratio.
CI- Confidence Interval.
a
Other professionals-emergency surgeons, doctors, and health officers.