Table 3.
Clinical and behavioural characteristics and its associations with the level of literacy among the of the participants attending Women’s Wellness and Research Centre in Qatar, 2019 (N = 304).
| Clinical and behavioural characteristics | Total | Health Literacy Level | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inadequate (< score 4) | Adequate (>score 4) | |||||||
| N = 304 | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | χ2 | OR, 95%CI | |
| Gravida | ||||||||
| Primigravida | 80 | (35.7) | 44 | (55.0) | 36 | (45.0) | 0.5 [0.3–0.9] | |
| Multigravida* | 224 | (64.3) | 94 | (42.0) | 139 | (58.0) | 3.5 | |
| Trimesters | ||||||||
| First | 6 | (1.7) | 5 | (83.3) | 1 | (16.7) | ||
| Second | 192 | (63.1) | 86 | (44.8) | 106 | (55.2) | 3.6 | – |
| Third | 107 | (35.2) | 48 | (44.9) | 59 | (55.1) | ||
| Number of Children | ||||||||
| < 2 | 85 | (38.8) | 111 | (50.7) | 108 | (49.3) | 7.1 | 0.4 [0.2–0.7] |
| > 2* | 219 | (61.2) | 27 | (31.8) | 58 | (68.2) | ||
| Mean + SD [2+ 1] | ||||||||
| Range [0–5] | ||||||||
| Glycaemic index | ||||||||
| Uncontrolled | 83 | (27.3) | 76 | (91.6) | 7 | (8.4) | 98 | 0.03 [0.01–0.08] |
| Controlled* | 221 | (72.7) | 62 | (28.1) | 159 | (71.9) | ||
| Planned pregnancy | ||||||||
| Yes | 230 | (75.6) | 109 | (47.4) | 121 | (52.6) | 1 | 0.7 [0.4–1.2] |
| No | 74 | (24.3) | 29 | (39.2) | 47 | (60.8) | ||
| Fitness | ||||||||
| Unfit | 250 | (82.2) | 110 | (44.0) | 140 | (56) | ||
| Active | 35 | (11.5) | 19 | (54.3) | 16 | (45.7) | 1.8 | – |
| Fit | 19 | (6.25) | 9 | (47.4) | 10 | (52.6) | ||
| BMI | ||||||||
| Underweight [< 18.5] | 18 | (6.0) | 8 | (44.4) | 10 | (55.6) | – | |
| Normal [18.5–24.9] | 211 | (69.4) | 100 | (47.4) | 111 | (52.6) | 2.9 | |
| Overweight [25–29.9] | 69 | (22.6) | 28 | (40.6) | 41 | (59.4) | ||
| Obese > 30 | 6 | (2.0) | 22 | (33.3) | 4 | (66.7) | ||
n = number of observations in the sample, N population inference based on weights and sampling design, % estimated prevalence based on weighted frequencies, OR Odd Ratio, *p value < 0.05, χ2 Chi-square