Magnitude of Intestinal Parasite Infection and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Service in Shewarobit Town Health Facilities, North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Pregnant Women in Shewarobit Health Facilities, North Shoa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 347)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	15–24	155	44.7
	25–34	168	48.4
	35–44	24	6.9
Marital Status	Single	21	6.1
	Married	302	87.0
	Others **	24	6.9
Religion	Muslim	116	33.4
	Orthodox	213	61.4
	Others*	18	5.2
Residence	Urban	232	66.9
	Rural	115	33.1
Education level of participant	Illiterate	51	14.7
	Read and write	34	9.8
	Primary school	149	42.9
	Secondary School	62	17.9
	Higher education	51	14.7
Occupation of participant	Gov’tal employee	64	18.4
	Private worker	105	30.3
	Farmer	74	21.3
	Daily labor	12	3.5
	House wife	92	26.5

Notes: *Protestant or Catholic; **divorced or widowed.

Table 2 Hygiene, Environmental, and Health-Related Determinants of Intestinal Parasites Among Pregnant Women in Shewarobit Health Facilities, North Shoa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 347)

Variable	Category	Frequency	(%)
Do you use toilet for defecation	Yes	309	89
	No	38	11
Do you use toilet leftover water for other purpose (N=258) *	Yes	46	17.8
	No	212	82.2
How often do wash your hand with soap/ash before meal?	Yes always	293	84.4
	Yes sometimes	54	15.6
How often do wash your hand with soap/ash after toilet?	Yes always	254	73.2
	Yes sometimes	93	26.8
How often do cut your fingernail regularly?	Yes always	184	53
	Yes sometimes	163	47
Do you eat uncooked meal frequently?	Yes	155	44.7
	No	192	55.3
Do you walk with barefoot frequently?	Yes	27	7.8
	No	320	92.2
Is toilet present in your home?	Yes	322	92.8
	No	25	7.2
What type water source do you use for home?	Improved	314	90.5
	Unimproved	33	9.5
How long is the distance of water source from you home?	=<1000m	81	71.7
	>1000m	32	28.3
What method do you use for disposing solid waste?	Burn	118	34
	Dump	116	33.4
	Compost	28	8.1
	Dustbin	85	24.5
What method do you use for disposing liquid waste?	Spill to drainage	159	45.8
	Open field	144	41.5
	Spill to river	44	12.7
Did you get health education about intestinal parasites?	Yes	158	45.5
	No	189	54.5
Did you screen for intestinal parasites at your 1st ANC visit?	Yes	49	14.1
	No	298	85.9
Did you take deworming drug in the last month?	Yes	71	20.5
	No	276	79.5

Note: *Use of water left over from toilet for hand washing, leg washing, and other cleaning purpose.

Figure 1 Frequency and type of intestinal parasites infection among pregnant women in Shewarobit health facilities, North Shoa, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2020.

Table 3 Multiple Logistic Regression for Selected Factors of Intestinal Parasite Infection Among Pregnant Women at Shewarobit Health Facilities, North Shoa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 347)

Variable Category	Intestinal Parasite		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)^a
	Yes (%)	No (%)
What type of water source do you for home?
Improved	73(23.2)	241(76.8)	1	1
Unimproved	23(69.7)	10(30.3)	7.59(3.46, 16.68)	5.12 (1.24, 21.14) *
What method do you use for disposing solid waste?
Burn	15(12.7)	103(87.3)	1	1
Open dump	54(46.6)	62(53.4)	5.98(3.11, 11.49)	5.13(1.38, 19.10) *
Compost	10(35.7)	18(64.3)	3.82(1.48, 9.80)	1.24(0.22, 7.08)
Dump in yard	17(20)	68(80)	1.72(0.80, 3.67)	1.40(0.43, 4.61)
Do you use toilet leftover water for other purpose (hand and leg washing? (N=258)
Yes	21(45.7)	25(54.3)	4.56(2.29, 9.07)	3.69(1.18, 11.59) *
No	33(15.6)	179(84.4)	1	1
How often do wash your hand with soap/ash before meal?
Yes always	71(24.2)	222(75.8)	1	1
Yes sometimes	25(46.3)	29(53.7)	2.70(1.48, 4.90)	1.09(0.33, 3.64)
How often do wash your hand with soap/ash after toilet?
Yes always	48(18.9)	206(81.1)	1	1
Yes sometimes	48(51.6)	45(48.4)	4.58(2.74, 7.65)	3.90(1.38, 10.89) *
How often do cut your fingernail regularly?
Yes always	38(20.7)	146(79.3)	1	1
Yes sometimes	58(35.6)	105(64.4)	2.12(1.31, 3.43)	0.51(0.19, 1.32)
Do you eat uncooked meal frequently?
Yes	66(41.5)	93(58.5)	2.575(1.588, 4.175)	5.78(2.18, 15.03) **
No	30(16)	158(84)	1	1
Do you walk with barefoot frequently?
Yes	20(74.1)	7(25.9)	9.17(3.74, 22.53)	2.23(0.39, 12.88)
No	76(23.8)	244(76.3)	1	1
Did you get health education about Intestinal parasites infection?
Yes	24(15.2)	134(84.8)	1	1
No	72(38.1)	117(61.9)	3.44(2.03, 5.80)	6.12(2.34, 12.20) **
Did you take deworming drug in the last month?
Yes	11(12.7)	60(87.3)	1	1
No	85(31)	191(69)	2.43(1.23, 0.85)	4.82(1.22, 23.00) *

Notes: **Significantly associated p-value<0.001 on multiple logistic regression. ^aAdjusted odds ratio. *Significantly associated p-value<0.05 on multiple logistic regression.

Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.