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Table 9 Predictors of ITN use

From: Knowledge, motivation, self-efficacy, and their association with insecticidal net use among pregnant women in a secondary health centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria

Factors

B

SE

Wald

df

p

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Age

 Less than 25

     

1

 

 25 years and above

0.25

0.26

0.94

1

0.333

1.28

0.78–2.12

Ethnicity

 Kanuri

     

1

 

 Others

− 0.14

0.26

0.31

1

0.58

0.87

0.52–1.43

Miscarriage

 No

     

1

 

 Yes

0.87

0.27

10.48

1

0.001*

2.38

1.41–4.03

Aware of ITN

 I don’t know

     

1

 

 Correct

1.73

0.70

6.10

1

0.014*

5.66

1.43–22.42

 Incorrect

1.64

0.79

4.28

1

0.038*

5.18

1.09–24.55

ITNs are for keeping mosquitoes away

 I don’t know

     

1

 

 Correct

1.40

0.89

2.47

1

0.116

4.06

0.71–23.38

 Incorrect

1.03

0.96

1.15

1

0.284

2.81

0.42–18.59

ITNs should be washed after every 1 month

 I don’t know

     

1

 

 Correct

1.28

0.57

5.03

1

0.025*

3.60

1.18–11.06

 Incorrect

1.06

0.61

3.04

1

0.081

2.89

0.88–9.50

ITNs should be washed with water and ordinary soap only

 I don’t know

     

1

 

 Correct

− 0.14

0.53

0.07

1

0.791

0.87

0.31–2.45

 Incorrect

0.53

0.50

1.12

1

0.290

1.69

0.64–4.48

ITNs should be washed with water and detergent

 I don’t know

     

1

 

 Correct

− 2.08

0.60

12.04

1

0.001*

0.13

0.04–0.40

 Incorrect

− 1.69

0.60

7.95

1

0.005*

0.18

0.06–0.60

To sleep under an ITN is

 Neither unpleasant nor pleasant

     

1

 

 Pleasant

0.45

0.96

0.22

1

0.637

1.57

0.24–10.28

 Unpleasant

0.41

0.49

0.70

1

0.403

0.66

0.25–1.74

To sleep more frequently under an ITN is

 Neither unpleasant nor pleasant

     

1

 

 Pleasant

0.12

0.56

0.05

1

0.832

1.13

0.38–3.36

 Unpleasant

0.82

0.44

3.47

1

0.062

0.44

0.19–1.04

Most people who are important to you think you should sleep under an ITN

 Untrue

     

1

 

 True

0.89

0.62

2.02

1

0.155

2.43

0.72–8.23

Most people who are important to you think you should sleep more frequently under an ITN

 Untrue

     

1

 

 True

1.12

0.42

7.15

1

0.007*

3.06

1.35–6.96

To sleep under an ITN every night is

 Hard

     

1

 

 Easy

− 0.75

0.69

1.18

1

0.277

0.47

0.12–1.83

You can persuade others to support your sleeping under an ITN

 Ineffectively

     

1

 

 Effectively

0.86

0.37

5.31

1

0.021*

2.37

1.14–4.94

  1. * Significant p < 0.05
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