Research Article

Knowledge, Attitude, and Associated Factors towards Colostrum Feeding among Antenatal Care Attendant Mothers in Gununo Health Centre, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia 2019: Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of knowledge of colostrum feeding and its explanatory variables () (N.B: yes = knowledgeable and no = not knowledgeable )).

VariablesYesNoOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Residence:
Urban151140.52 (0.28–0.96)∗∗0.57 (0.29–1.12)
Rural152251.02 (0.53–2.00)1.03 (0.50–2.13)

Number of child alive:
1-21351911
3-4127110.36 (0.08–1.63)0.6 (0.002–0.47)
>43920.56 (0.13–2.90)1.21 (1.31–2.47)∗∗

Previous assisted delivery:
Health professional/s623.2 (0.59–0.69)2.34 (1.05–5.25)
Traditional birth attendant1261316.08 (0.24–15.33)

The number of ANC visit:
Once59411
Twice851529.5 (4.09–212.9)∗∗∗1.17 (0.00–1.76)
Three times113911.3 (1.90–67.5)∗∗∗7.73 (0.00–09.39)
Four times44725.1 (4.04–156.2)∗∗∗2.80 (2.23–4.49)∗∗
I have no follow-up2412.57 (1.93–82.0)∗∗∗3.12 (0.03–1.09)

Counseled about breast feeding during ANC follow-up:
Yes21190.13 (0.6–0.29)∗∗∗2.29 (2.34–3.74)∗∗
No923011

Heading household/s:
Yes642390.31 (1.00–1.04)∗∗0.65 (0.34–12.6)
No33611

Prior-birth:
Yes287230.8 (0.36–0.18)∗∗∗16.2 (0.00–2.12)
No161611

History of support from their family about breastfeeding:
Yes20420.26 (0.01–0.11)∗∗∗12 (1.24–5.78)∗∗
No993711

History of baby illness in the 1st 4 days of delivery:
Yes7120.18 (0.42–0.75)∗∗0.67 (0.01–0.94) ∗∗
No2323711

Time of initiation of breastfeeding:
Within 1 hr2481411
After 2 hrs461050.6 (5.85–438.02)∗∗∗4.16 (0.29–24.9)
After 3 hrs601.78 (0.00)2.04 (0.9–35.5)
After 4 hrs425.5 (0.39–78.6)3.04 (1.09–27.09)

NB: ∗ = p-value <0.2, ∗∗ = p-value <0.05, ∗∗∗ = p-value <0.01