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Table 2 Factors associated with 6 weeks PNC attendance among women enrolled in the study (N = 511a)

From: Use of peers, community lay persons and Village Health Team (VHT) members improves six-week postnatal clinic (PNC) follow-up and Early Infant HIV Diagnosis (EID) in urban and rural health units in Uganda: A one-year implementation study

 

Attended PNC

Unadjusted

Adjusted

 

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

P value

OR (95%CI)

P value

a) Demographics and baseline factors

   

Age (yrs), mean(SD)

27 (5.1)

1.03 (0.98-1.07)

0.211

1.02 (0.98-1.07)

0.277

Marital status

     

 Married/cohabiting

410 (78.3)

1

   

 Single/separated/widowed

101 (79.2)

1.05 (0.61-1.80)

0.841

  

Education

     

 None/Primary

250 (75.6)

1

 

1

 

 Secondary/Post-secondary

261 (81.2)

1.40 (0.91-2.13)

0.123

1.39 (0.89-2.16)

0.146

Occupation

     

 Employed

236 (82.2)

1

 

1

 

 Un-employed

275(75.3)

0.66 (0.43-1.01)

0.058

0.72 (0.46-1.14)

0.160

Occupation of husband (for married/cohabiting women, n = 410)

     

 Employed

385 (79.7)

1

   

 Un-employed

25 (56.0)

0.32 (0.14-0.74)

0.008

  

Parity

     

 One,two

195 (77.4)

1

   

 ≥ three

316 (79.1)

1.10 (0.72-1.70)

0.654

  

Disclosed HIV sero-status

     

 Yes

342 (79.8)

1

   

 no

169 (75.7)

0.79 (0.51-1.22)

0.291

  

Attending any health clinic/organization giving HIV related services as at enrollment

     

 Yes

401 (79.6)

1

   

 No

110 (74.6)

0.75 (0.46-1.23)

0.259

  

d) Setting

     

 Rural (Mpigi)

35 (62.9)

1

 

1

 

 Urban (Rubaga, Mengo & Mulago)

476 (79.6)

2.31 (1.12-4.74)

0.023

2.13 (1.03-4.43)

0.041

  1. aFor 6-weeks PNC visit we considered women who registered live birth, minus infant or maternal death prior to 6 weeks (N = 511)
  2. Only women who attended PNC in the 6 weeks window (5-8weeks) were considered to have attended 6 week PNC visit (401)
  3. In the multivariate analyses we adjusted for age and other variables with P < 0.2 in bivariate analyses