Table 3.

Factors Associated with Non-Adherence to Iron/Folic Acid Supplements Among ANC Attending Mothers at Health Centers in Gulele Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

		Adherence to IFs		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
		No	Yes
		N (%)	N (%)
Maternal educational status
	No formal education	50 (49.5)	51 (50.5)	2.77 (1.55–4.95)	2.37 (1.25–4.51)	0.009*
	Primary (grade 1–8)	38 (40.9)	55 (59.1)	1.82 (1.03–3.22)	1.62 (0.86–3.03)	0.133
	Secondary (9–12)	34 (35.1)	63 (64.9)	1.42 (0.80–2.51)	1.36 (0.73–2.53)	0.332
	College and above	28 (26.2)	79 (73.8)	1	1
No of pregnancies
	Prim-gravida	89 (43.0)	118 (57.0)	1.61 (1.07–2.42)	1.47 (0.93–2.33)	0.098
	Multi-gravida	61 (31.9)	130 (68.1)	1	1
No of ANC visits on the current pregnancy
	<4 visits	132 (40.4)	195 (59.6)	1.99 (1.12–3.56)	1.80 (0.95–3.40)	0.071
	≥4 visits	18 (25.4)	53 (74.6)	1	1
Knowledge about IFA supplements
	Poor Knowledge	28 (49.1)	29 (50.9)	1.73 (0.99–3.05)	1.66 (0.86–3.19)	0.128
	Good Knowledge	122 (35.8)	219 (64.2)	1	1
Knowledge about anemia
	Poor Knowledge	86 (43.4)	112 (56.6)	1.63 (1.08–2.46)	1.97 (1.24–3.13)	0.004*
	Good knowledge	64 (32.0)	136 (68.0)	1	1
Diagnosed to have anemia during current pregnancy
	No	148 (39.2)	230 (60.8)	5.79 (1.32–25.32)	4.15 (0.90–19.06)	0.067
	Yes	2 (10.0)	18 (90.0)	1	1
Developed any other health problem during current pregnancy
	Yes	57 (56.4)	44 (43.6)	2.84 (1.79–4.52)	2.59 (1.55–4.32)	<0.001*
	No	93 (31.3)	204 (68.7)	1	1
Attended health information about iron/folic acid supplement
	No	33 (55.9)	26 (44.1)	2.41 (1.38–4.22)	2.06 (1.08–3.92)	0.029*
	Yes	117 (34.5)	222 (65.5)	1	1
Forgetfulness
	Yes	74 (52.5)	67 (47.5)	2.63 (1.72–4.03)	2.23 (1.40–3.56)	0.001*
	No	76 (29.6)	181 (70.4)	1	1

Notes: NB; *P-value <0.05 was statistically significant on multivariable.

Abbreviation: IFA, Iron folic acid.