Umbilical Cord Care Practices and Associated Factor Among Mothers of Neonates Visiting Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital Southwest Ethiopia 2021

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Mothers Who Delivered Their Babies in the Last Six Months in Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital South-West Ethiopia, 2021

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent %
Mothers age	15–24	63	14.9
	25–34	228	54
	35–55	66	31
Marital status	Unmarried	18	4.3
	Married	383	90.8
	Divorced	21	5.0
Educational level	No formal education	100	23.7
	Primary	171	40.5
	Secondary	55	13.0
	College and above	96	22.7
Occupation	Government employee	68	16.1
	Merchant	177	41.9
	House wives	134	31.8
	Self-employee	37	8.8
	Others**	6	1.4
Place of residence	Urban	349	82.7
	Rural	73	17.3

Note: **Student, labor.

Table 2 Obstetrics-Related Factors and Cord Care Practice Among Mothers Who Delivered Her Babies in the Last Six Months in Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital South-West Ethiopia, 2021

Variables	Category	Frequency (N)	Percent %
ANC follow-up	Yes	403	95.5
	No	19	4.5
Place of ANC visit	Government hospital	162	38.4
	Health center	132	31.3
	Private hospital	109	25.8
Place of current delivery	Home	70	23
	Health facility	400	94.8
	***Non-health facility	22	5.2
Did you apply substance on the cord	Yes	231	54.7
	No	191	45.3
What did you apply?	Butter	82	35.5
	Vaseline	123	53.0
	**Others	26	11.5

Notes: ***At home, by traditional birth attendant, on the way to health facility. **Dry air, Saliva, Ashes.

Table 3 Bivariate and Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis of Factors Associated with Maternal Cord Care Practice Among Mothers Who Delivered Her Babies in the Last Six Months in Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital South-West Ethiopia, 2021

Variables	Categories	Cord Care Practice		COR (95% CI)	AOR	P-value
		Good Practice	Poor Practice
Educational status	No formal education	37 (14.8%)	63 (36.6%)	1	1
	Primary	111 (44.4%)	60 (34.9%)	3.15 (1.88–5.26)	4.53 (2.48–8.30)	0.000
	Secondary	35 (14%)	20 (11.6%)	2.98 (1.50–5.90)	3.19 (1.34–7.59)	0.008
	College and above	67 (26.8%)	29 (16.9%)	3.9 (2.16–7.13)	4.71 (2.19–10.14)	0.000
Occupation	Government employee	50 (20%)	18 (10.5%)	1	1
	Merchant	94 (37.6%)	83 (48.3%)	0.40 (0.22–0.75)	0.58 (0.27–1.23)	0.157
	House wife	74 (29.6%)	60 (34.9%)	0.44 (0.23–0.84)	0.98 (0.43–2.19)	0.963
	Self-employee	29 (11.6%)	8 (4.7%)	1.30 (0.50–3.37)	1.70 (0.56–5.15)	0.348
	Others	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.7%)	0.36 (0.06–1.94)	0.34 (0.05–2.40)	0.282
ANC follow-up	Yes	242 (60.0%)	161 (40%)	2.06 (0.81–5.25)	3.58 (1.24–10.32)	0.018
	No	11 (57.9%)	8 (42.1)	1	1
Place of delivery	Health facility	232 (92.8%)	168 (97.7%)	3.25 (1.08–9.80)	1.03 (0.45–1.16)	0.953
	None health facility	4 (2.3%)	18 (7.2%)	1	1
Colostrum feeding	Yes	169 (67.6%)	101 (58.7%)	1	1
	No	81 (32.4%)	71 (41.3%)	0.68 (0.45–1.02)	0.72 (0.45–1.16)	0.184
Initiation of breastfeeding	Within one hour	154 (61.6%)	85 (49.4%)	1.64 (1.10–2.43)	1.69 (1.07–2.68)	0.024
	After one hour	96 (38.4%)	96 (50.6%)	1	1
Applying anything on the cord	Yes	112 (44.8%)	119 (69.2%)	1	1
	No	138 (55.2)	53 (30.8%)	2.76 (1.83–4.16)	3.08 (1.92–4.95)	0.000