Prevalence and Factors Associated with Syphilis among Mothers with Missed Opportunities for Antenatal Syphilis Testing in Rural Western Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Factors associated with syphilis infection among mothers with missed opportunities for antenatal syphilis testing ().

Variables	Categories	Syphilis test		cOR (95% CI)	value	aOR (95% CI)	value
		Negative (, %)	Positive (, %)
Age	<20	18 (81.8)	4 (18.2)	0.538 (0.150-2.262)	0.436	0.284 (0.052-1.5557)	0.147
	20-29	58 (79.5)	15 (20.5)	0.329 (0.252-1.832)	0.679	0.364 (0.102-1.297)	0.119
	≥30	21 (72.4)	8 (27.6)	Ref		Ref
Marital status	Single	13 (65.0)	7 (35.0)	2.211 (0.776-6.296)	0.137
	Separated	6 (85.7)	1 (14.3)	0.684 (0.078-6.026)	0.732
	Married	78 (80.4)	19 (19.6)	Ref
Residence	Rural	67 (77.0)	20 (23.0)	1.279 (0.489-3.349)	0.616
	Urban	30 (81.1)	7 (18.9)	Ref
Level of education	Preprimary	4 (80.0)	1 (20.0)	0.75 (0.032-17.506)	0.858
	Primary	50 (71.4)	20 (28.6)	1.2 (0.118-12.233)	0.878
	Secondary	40 (88.9)	5 (11.1)	0.375 (0.032-4.331)	0.432
	Tertiary	3 (75.0)	1 (25.0)	Ref
Parity	1	33 (71.7)	13 (28.3)	1.083 (0.292-4.023)	0.905
	2 to 4	53 (84.1)	10 (15.9)	0.519 (0.137-1.960)	0.333
	≥5	11 (73.3)	4 (26.7)	Ref
Distance to health facility	≥5 km	35 (77.8)	10 (22.2)	1.042 (0.430-2.523)	0.927
	<5 km	62 (78.5)	17 (21.5)	Ref
ANC attendance	No	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	3.692 (0.223-61.052)	0.361
	Yes	96 (78.7)	26 (21.3)
History of abortion and stillbirth	Yes	27 (87.1)	4 (12.9)	0.451 (0.1425-1.425)	0.175	0.385 (0.075-1.971)	0.252
	No	70 (75.3)	23 (24.7)	Ref		Ref
HIV status	Positive	9 (60.0)	6 (40.0)	2.794 (0.896-8.712)	0.077	2.729 (0.707-10.533)	0.145
	Negative	88 (80.7)	21 (19.3)	Ref		Ref
History of other STDs	Yes	21 (77.8)	6 (22.2)	1.034 (0.37-2.89)	0.949	0.997 (0.231-4.303)	0.997
	No	76 (78.4)	21 (21.6)	Ref		Ref
Staying with partner	No	29 (74.4)	10 (25.6)	1.379 (0.564-3.372)	0.481	0.213 (0.040-1.142)	0.050
	Yes	68 (80.0)	17 (20.0)	Ref		Ref
Number of sexual partners in the past 1 year	>1 partner	16 (53.3)	14 (46.7)	5.452 (2.16-13.762)	<0.001	24.922 (4.462-139.201)	<0.001
	1 partner	81 (86.2)	13 (13.8)	Ref		Ref
Heard of syphilis	No	34 (85.0)	6 (15.0)	0.529 (0.195-1.437)	0.212
	Yes	63 (75.0)	21 (25.0)	Ref

. ANC: antenatal care; cOR: crude odds ratio; aOR: adjusted odds ratio.