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Table 3 Risk factors associated with stress among pregnant women in Bale zone, April 2017

From: Perceived stress and its associated factors among pregnant women in Bale zone Hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Categories

Perceived stress

COR 95% CI

AOR 95% CI

Yes

No

COR

AOR

Marital status

Married

41

334

1

1

Single

5

16

2.55 (0.13, 1.12)

1.75 (0.15, 20.07)

Age of the respondents

≤ 24

24

184

3.39 (0.44, 26.14)

2.28 (0.82, 6.37)

25–34

21

140

3.90 (0.50, 30.27)

1.44 (0.10, 20.28)

≥ 34

1

26

1

1

Occupation

Housewife

23

212

1

1

Merchant

5

44

1.07 (0.386, 2.98)

0.71 (0.044, 11.58)

Private employee

7

43

2.69 (1.04, 6.92)

0.29 (0.02, 14.47)

Farmer

5

24

1.42 (0.30, 6.92)

2.18 (0.11, 42.2)

Government employee

6

13

0.78 (0.26, 2.38)

0.64 (0.03, 14.47)

Living arrangements

With husband

38

323

1

1

Alone

8

27

2.52 (1.07, 5.94)

0.29 (0.016, 5.34)

Status of pregnancy

Wanted/planned

36

303

1

1

Unwanted/unplanned

10

47

0.56 (0.26, 1.200)

1.12 (0.10, 12.15)

Gravida (in number)

1

9

130

3.05 (0.38, 24.73)

1.08 (0.29, 4.02)

2–5

36

176

9.00 (1.20, 67.46)

9.82 (1.08, 89.5)

≥ 6

1

44

1

1

Gestational age (in weeks)

≤ 12

23

63

6.44 (2.73, 15.12)

3.53 (1.03, 12.08)

13–24

15

146

1.81 (0.75, 4.40)

1.04 (0.34, 3.18)

≥ 25

8

141

1

1

History neonatal death

Yes

2

30

0.38 (0.09, 1.65)

0.60 (0.11, 3.18)

No

34

192

1

1

  1. Italic values indicate significance of P-value (P < 0.05)