Table 3.

Factors associated with the knowledge of obstetric danger signs among pregnant women attending antenatal care in the DRC, using weighted Zero inflated Poisson regression model

Factors	Mean (± SD)	Crude IRR (95% CI)	p value	Adjusted IRR (95% CI)	p value
Location			0.85
Urban	1.50 ± 1.43	1.02 (0.80–1.31)
Rural	1.55 ± 1.31	1		1
First ANC visit			0.09		0.03
Yes	1.46 ± 1.35	1		1
No	1.61 ± 1.33	1.09 (0.99–1.21)		1.11 (1.01–1.21)
Facility type			0.33
PHCs	1.54 ± 1.37	1
Hospital	1.51 ± 1.24	0.94 (0.83–1.06)
Gestational age			0.11		0.24
< 20 weeks	1.36 ± 1.29	1		1
≥ 20 weeks	1.57 ± 1.35	1.14 (0.97–1.32)		0.92 (0.81–1.06)
First pregnancy			0.004		< 0.001
Yes	1.25 ± 1.32	1		1
No	1.63 ± 1.33	1.23 (1.07–1.42)		1.38 (1.23–1.55)
Scholarship			0.58
Primary or less	1.50 ± 1.35	1
Secondary and above	1.58 ± 1.32	1.03 (0.93–1.14)
Type of health providers			0.51
Midwife	1.54 ± 1.34	1
Physician	1.37 ± 1.34	0.93 (0.75–1.15)
Clinic ownership			0.012		0.05
Private	1.73 ± 1.40	1.24 (1.05–1.47)		1.15 (1.01–1.31)
Public	1.41 ± 1.28	1		1
Mean number of ANC visits per day	1.53 ± 1.34	1.06(1.01–1.11)	0.02	1.04 (0.98–1.09)	0.20
Provider counseled on danger signs during ANC visit			< 0.001		0.008
No	1.32 ± 1.25	1		1
Yes	1.93 ± 1.41	1.38 (1.18–1.61)		1.19 (1.05–1.35)
Women attended by a provider who received in-service training in ANC counseling within the previous 2 years			0.65
No	1.53 ± 1.38	1
Yes	1.54 ± 1.28	0.97 (0.84–1.11)
Provinces of residence			0.00		< 0.001
Middle	0.90 ± 1.08	1		1
Eastern	2.15 ± 1.30	2.09 (1.68–2.59)		2.04 (1.64–2.55)
Southern	1.40 ± 1.45	1.66 (1.29–2.13)		1.69 (1.32–2.17)
Western	1.13 ± 1.18	1.18 (0.93–1.49)		1.22 (0.97–1.53)
Northern	1.38 ± 1.22	1.42 (1.18–1.73)		1.49 (1.21–1.83)

IRR Incidence risk ratio, PHCs Primary Health Centres, ANC antenatal care

*Whether ANC provider encouraged women to ask questions during the ANC visit