Table 6.

Health service predictors of uptake of IPTp-SP

Predictors	Uptake of IPTp-SP		cOR, 95% CI:	aOR, 95% CI:	P-value
	Optimal N = 296 n (%)	Sub-optimal N = 76 n (%)
Water provision at ANC clinic
Never	4 (1.4)	0	N/A
Sometimes	3 (1.0)	0	N/A
Always	282 (95.2)	70 (92.1)	3.4, 1.1–10.4	2.5, 0.8–8.4	0.13
Not applicable	7 (2.4)	6 (7.9)	Reference
Clean water at ANC clinic
Never	1 (0.3)	0	N/A
Sometimes	2 (0.7)	0	N/A
Always	282 (95.3)	70 (92.1)	2.2, 0.8–6.0
Not applicable	11 (3.7)	6 (7.9)	Reference
Clean cups at ANC clinic
Never	2 (0.7)	0	N/A
Sometimes	6 (2.0)	1 (1.3)	3.3, 0.3–33.9
Always	277 (93.6)	69 (90.8)	2.2, 0.8–6.0
Not applicable	11 (3.7)	6 (7.9)	Reference
Enough cups at ANC clinic
Never	37 (12.5)	7 (9.2)	Reference
Sometimes	11 (3.7)	2 (2.6)	1.2, 0.2–6.6
Always	237 (80.1)	61 (80.3)	0.9, 0.4–2.0
Not applicable	11 (3.7)	6 (7.9)	0.4, 0.1–1.4
ANC clinic working hours
Half day	274 (92.6)	67 (88.2)	Reference
Whole day	22 (7.4)	9 (11.8)	0.6, 0.3–1.4	0.6, 0.3–1.4	0.13
SP administration at ANC clinic
Never missed administering	283 (95.6)	66 (86.8)	3.3, 1.4–7.7	2.9, 1.1–7.2	0.03a
Ever missed administering	13 (4.4)	10 (13.2)	Reference
Maternal services fee
Never paid	291 (98.3)	72 (94.7)	Reference
Ever paid	5 (1.7)	4 (5.3)	0.3, 0.1–1.2
ANC clinic waiting time
≤ 30 min	167 (56.4)	47 (61.8)	Reference
> 30 min	129 (43.6)	29 (38.2)	1.3, 0.8–2.2
Health worker-client relationship
Poor	60 (20.3)	19 (25.0)	Reference
Good	236 (79.7)	57 (75.0)	1.3, 0.7–2.3

^aStatistically significant result at 5% significance level. ANC: Antenatal care; CI: Confidence interval; cOR: Crude odds ratio; IPTp-SP: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine; NA: Not Applicable; SP: Sulphadoxine pyrimethamine