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Table 2 Medical interventions and malaria infections during pregnancy

From: Anaemia in pregnancy and associated factors: a cross sectional study of antenatal attendants at the Sunyani Municipal Hospital, Ghana

Factors

Frequency N = 316

% [95% CI]

Bed net ownership

 Own a bed net

278

88.0 [83.9–91.3]

 Does not own a bed net

38

12.0 [8.7–16.1]

Bed nets use

 Slept under bed net the previous night

192

60.8 [55.1–66.2]

 Did not sleep under bed net last night

124

39.2 [33.8–44.9]

Gestational age at which IPT1 was taken

 Second trimester

253

80.1 [75.2–84.3]

 Third trimester

63

19.9 [15.7–24.8]

Use of anti-helminthes

 No dewormer received

240

75.9 [70.8–80.6]

 At least one dose of dewormer received

76

24.1 [19.4–29.2]

Malaria infection during pregnancy

 Been infected

62

19.6 [15.4–24.4]

 Not been infected

254

80.4 [75.6–84.6]

Gestational age malaria infection occurred

 First trimester

8

12.9 [5.7–23.9]

 Second trimester

41

66.1 [53.0–77.7]

 Third trimester

13

21.0 [11.7–31.2]