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Table 6 Health service predictors of uptake of IPTp-SP

From: Determinants of the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine in Sabatia Sub County, Western Kenya

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

  
  1. 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