Table 4.

Factors associated with routine health information utilization among health professionals working in public health facilities of South region, 2018/19

Variable	Utilization status		Crude OR(95% CI)	Adjusted OR(95% CI)	p-value
	Utilized	Not utilized
Place of residence
Urban	291	145	1.49 (1.092, 2.039)	2.04(1.315,3.153)	0.001*
Rural	156	116	1	1
Is there skilled staff
Yes	266	192	0.53 (0.378, 0.737)	1.20 (0.707, 2.044)
No	181	69	1	1	0.496
HMIS personnel available:
Yes	356	231	0.51(0.326,0.793)	2.25(1.157,4.393)
No	91	30	1	1	0.017*
Trained basic computer literacy
Yes	150	111	0.68 (0.498, 0.935)	1.35 (0.754, 2.424)
No	297	150	1	1	0.311
Trained HMIS
Yes	119	125	2.53 (1.838, 3.492)	1.51(0.816,2.809)
No	328	136	1	1	0.188
HMIS code given
Yes	129	147	3.18(2.311,4.373)	2.07 (1.292, 3.309)
No	318	114	1	1	0.002*
Overwhelming data source
Yes	266	192	1.89(1.356,2.643)	2.43 (1.506, 3.914)	<0.001*
No	181	69	1	1
Use population based data
Yes	171	150	2.18(1.598,2.976)	1.67 (1.052, 2.647)
No	276	111	1	1	0.030*
Compile HMIS report
Yes	349	224	1.70(1.124,2.571)	1.15(0.595,2.238)
No	98	37	1	1	0.672
Are there local quality control
Yes	263	205	2.56 (1.804, 3.636)	3.36(1.918,5.889)
No	184	56	1	1	<0.001*
Received feedback
Yes	264	207	2.45 (1.484, 4.061)	3.11(1.573,6.140)
No	72	23	1	1	0.001*
Is there monitoring chart
Yes	95	115	2.92 (2.091, 4.073)	5.19(3.177,8.467)
No	352	146	1	1	<0.001*
Have data transfer policy
Yes	188	82	1.59(1.148,2.186)	4.17(1.796,9.697)
No	259	179	1	1	0.001*

^*Variable significant at p-value less than 0.05