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. 2022 Jan 31;41:83. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.83.32176

Table 6.

predictors of mothers´ knowledge on neonatal danger signs, April 2019, northwest Ethiopia (p-value = 0.05)

Variable Knowledge on neonatal danger signs COR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Good Poor
Residence
Urban 218 95 1.32 (1.02,1.72) 1.47 (0.89,2.43)
Semi-urban 221 114 1.12 (0.87,1.43) 1.87 (1.19,2.94)*
Rural 1070 617 1 1
Mother´s education
Primary education 372 204 0.41 (0.15,1.11) 1
Secondary education 157 75 0.48 (0.17,1.31) 1.22 (0.9,1.7)*
College and above 22 5 1 3.31 (1.1,10.3)*
Home distance to the nearest health center
≤ 1 kilometer 365 206 1 1
1.1-5 kilometer 439 294 0.84 (0.67,1.06) 0.96 (0.6,1.4)
5.1-10 kilometer 400 178 1.26 (0.99,1.62) 1.79 (1.1,2.9)*
15.1-28 kilometer 305 148 1.16 (0.89,1.51) 1.91 (1.12,3.26)*
ANC attendance at Health Post
Yes 202 78 1 1
No 1307 748 0.67 (0.51,0.89) 0.70 (0.49,1.01)*
Place of delivery
Home 813 454 1 1
Health facility 653 357 1.02 (0.86,1.21) 0.99 (0.81,1.22)
Other 43 14 1.72 (0.93,3.17) 1.82 (0.94,3.52)*
Postnatal Care
Yes 146 103 1 1
No 1363 722 1.33 (1.02,1.74) 1.35 (0.99,1.83)*
Newborn Immunization Status
Yes 831 495 1 1
No 678 330 1.22 (1.03,1.45) 1.30 (1.08,1.58)*
Mothers experience on neonatal danger signs
Poor experience 1392 783 0.65 (0.46,0.94) 0.65 (0.46,0.94)*
Good experience 117 43 1 1

Note: * = p ≤ 0.05, ** = p ≤ 0.001