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Table 6 Multivariate analysis to identify factors associated with Practice of health care providers on Immediate Newborn Care in public health facilities at Eastern zone, Tigray regional state, Ethiopia

From: Knowledge and practice of immediate newborn care among health care providers in eastern zone public health facilities, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016

Variable

Practice of newborn care

Cured OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

No N (%)

Yes N (%)

Work experience

 1–5

35 (60.3%)

76 (49.0%)

1.00

1.00

 6–10

8 (13.8%)

35 (22.6%)

2.01 (0.84,4.79)

1.85 (0.28,11.95)

 11–15

4 (6.9%)

13 (8.4%)

1.49 (0.45,4.92)

4.87 (0.24,97.20)

 16–20

8 (13.8%)

8 (5.2%)

0.46 (0.16,1.32)

0.40 (0.02,6.63)

 21–30

3 (5.2%)

22 (14.2%)

3.37 (1.23,12.03)*

9.6 (0.78,12.24)

  ≥ 31

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.6%)

2.17 (0.71,10.40)

24.4 (0.001,14.3)

Age

 20–30

24 (41.4%)

92 (59.4%)

1.00

1.00

 31–40

28 (48.3%)

43 (27.7%)

0.40 (0.20.0.77)*

0.23(0.04,1.32)

 41–50

6 (10.3%)

17 (11.0%)

0.73 (0.26,2.07)

0.21 (0.01,2.71)

  ≥ 51

0 (0.0%)

3 (1.9%)

3.80 (0.63,7.23)

7.29 (0.001, 15.1)

Shortage of material

 No

48 (82.8%)

46 (29.7%)

1.00

1.00

 Yes

10 (17.2%)

109 (70.3%)

11.3 (5.3,24.4)*

4.69 (1.5,14.6)*

Guideline

 No

46 (79.3%)

15 (9.7%)

1.00

1.00

 Yes

12 (20.7%)

139 (90.3%)

35.5 (15.5,81.3)*

28.4 (5.10,39.22)*

When do you take training

 Within two years

11(28.2%)

86 (79.6%)

1.00

1.00

 Before two years

28(71.8%)

22 (20.4%)

0.10 (0.04,0.23)*

0.24 (0.09,0.66)*

Education

 Diploma

51(87.9%)

97 (62.6%)

1.00

1.00

 Degree

7(12.1%)

55 (35.5%)

4.13 (1.75,9.72)*

1.74 (0.27, 10.89)

 MSc

0 (0.0%)

3 (1.9%)

1.9 (0.67,5.24)

1.04 (0.04, 8.23)

Sex

 Male

10(17.2%)

53 (34.2%)

1.00

1.00

 Female

48(82.8%

102(65.8%)

0.40 (0.18,0.85)*

0.39 (0.06,2.57)

Type of health

 General hospital

1 (1.7%)

63 (40.6%)

1.00

1.00

 Primary hospital

2 (3.4%)

57 (36.8%)

0.45 (0.04,5.12)

0.32 (0.28.3.78)

 Health center

55 (84.8%)

35(22.6%)

0.01 (0.001,0.76)*

0.08 (0.01,0.65)*

  1. * = P ≤ 0.05 (* indicate level of significance), 1 = Ref.cat