Antenatal Care Service Utilization of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Public Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Public Health Facilities in North East Ethiopia During COVID-19 Outbreak, 2020 (n=389)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	15–24	143	12.1
	25–34	215	55.3
	≥35	31	8
Residency	Urban	384	89.5
	Rural	41	10.5
Religion	Muslim	304	78.1
	Orthodox	72	18.5
	Protestant	13	3.3
Occupational status	House wife	280	72
	Merchant	70	18
	Government employee	39	10
Marital status	Married	370	95.1
	Unmarried	19	4.9
Educational status	No formal education	47	12.1
	Primary education	128	32.9
	Secondary education	169	43.4
	College and above	45	11.6
Monthly income (in ETB)	1,881–7,398	331	85.1
	≥7,399–22,086	58	14.9

Table 2 Frequency Distribution of Antenatal Care Services During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Pregnant Women Attending Public Health Facilities in Northeast Ethiopia, 2020 (n=389)

Variables	Category	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
ANC visit	First	120	30.8
	Second	149	38.3
	Third	113	29.0
	Fourth and above	7	1.8
TT vaccination status	1	149	38.3
	≥2	232	59.6
Iron supplementation	1–2 month	24	6.1
	≥3 months	359	92.3
Folic acid supplementation	Yes	383	98.5
	No	6	1.5

Table 3 Bi-Variable and Multivariable Logistic Regression Analyses of Factors Associated with Antenatal Care Utilization During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Pregnant Women Attending Public Health Facilities in Northeast Ethiopia 2020 (N=389)

Variables	Category	ANC Utilization		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Yes	No
Age (years)	≤24	36 (25.17)	107 (74.83)	1	1
	25–34	73 (33.95)	142 (66.05)	1.53 (0.95–2.45)	7.55 (3.29–17.31)*
	>35	5 (16.19)	26 (83.87)	0.43 (0.20–1.59)	11.79 (1.18–117.83)*
Residence	Urban	109 (31.3)	239 (68.7)	3.28 (1.25–8.59)	9.13 (1.28–65.31)*
	Rural	5 (12.2)	36 (87.8)	1	1
Education status	No formal education	12 (25.5)	35 (74.5)	0.58 (0.29–1.19)	0.21 (0.05–0.96)*
	Primary	23 (18)	105 (82.0)	2.78 (0.70–3.45)	0.84 (0.17–4.17)
	Secondary and above	79 (37)	135 (63)	1	1
History of still birth	No	25 (67.57)	12 (32.43)	6.16 (2.97–12.76)	0.007 (0.001–0.12)*
	Yes	89 (25.28)	263 (74.72)	1	1
Interruption of Maternity services due to COVID-19	No	36 (50)	36 (50)	1	1
	Yes	239 (75.39)	78 (24.61)	3.06 (1.81–5.19)	0.675 (0.14–0.74)*
Fear of COVID-19	No	52 (42.62)	70 (57.38)	1	1
	Yes	62 (23.22)	205 (76.78)	0.41 (0.26–0.64)	0.13 (0.06–0.31)*
Transport access	No	5 (17.86)	23 (82.14)	1	1
	Yes	109 (30.19)	252 (69.81)	1.99 (0.74–5.37)	4.15 (1.04–16.54)*

Notes: *Significantly associated; 1, reference.

Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odd ratio; COVID-19, coronavirus disease.