Various forms of alcohol use and their predictors among pregnant women in post conflict northern Uganda: a cross sectional study

Agiresaasi, Apophia; Nassanga, Goretti; Maina, Gakenia Wamuyu; Kiguli, Juliet; Nabiwemba, Elizabeth; Tumwesigye, Nazarius Mbona

doi:10.1186/s13011-020-00337-8

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Table 2 Showing knowledge, attitudes and Gynaecologic characteristics of respondents and their drinking patterns

From: Various forms of alcohol use and their predictors among pregnant women in post conflict northern Uganda: a cross sectional study

		ALCOHOL DRINKING								Chi-square	p-value
		Never drank		Ever drank		Currently consuming Alcohol		Total		Chi-square	p-value
Live Children	One	36	42.9%	30	35.7%	18	21.4%	84	100.0%
	Two	41	44.1%	37	39.8%	15	16.1%	93	100.0%	16.748^a	.0328
	Three	38	45.2%	25	29.8%	21	25.0%	84	100.0%
	Four	13	34.2%	11	28.9%	14	36.8%	38	100.0%
	Five+	8	33.3%	4	16.7%	12	50.0%	24	100.0%
Trimester	First trimester	56	50.9%	38	34.5%	16	14.5%	110	100.0%
	Second trimester	100	44.4%	56	24.9%	69	30.7%	225	100.0%	16.666^a	.0022
	Third trimester	37	43.5%	34	40.0%	14	16.5%	85	100.0%
Sex Partners they have had in the last twelve months	One	181	47.8%	123	32.5%	75	19.8%	379	100.0%	31.3	< 0.000
Sex Partners they have had in the last twelve months	Two or more	12	29.3%	5	12.2%	24	58.5%	41	100.0%
Knowledge of anything that could Harm baby during pregnancy	Yes	131	45.8%	100	35.0%	55	19.2%	286	100.0%	13.096	0.001
Knowledge of anything that could Harm baby during pregnancy	No	62	46.3%	28	20.9%	44	32.8%	134	100.0%
Attitude/perception of alcohol in increasing chances of health risks for wmn and babies	Negative attitude	49	36.6%	21	15.7%	64	47.8%	134	100.0%	68.498	< 0.000
	Fair attitude	25	43.1%	23	39.7%	10	17.2%	58	100.0%
	Positive attitude	119	52.2%	84	36.8%	25	11.0%	228	100.0%
Knowledge of the dangers of alcohol use during pregnancy	Poor knowledge	98	41.9%	59	25.2%	77	32.9%	234	100.0%	27.08	< 0.000
	Fair knowledge	89	50.6%	65	36.9%	22	12.5%	176	100.0%
	Adequate	6	60.0%	4	40.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%
My Family would not approve of me drinking while pregnant	Disagree	13	22.0%	4	6.8%	42	71.2%	59	100.0%	87.216	< 0.000
My Family would not approve of me drinking while pregnant	Agree	180	49.9%	124	34.3%	57	15.8%	361	100.0%
My Friends and Community wld approve of me drinking when pregnant	Disagree	178	48.4%	125	34.0%	65	17.7%	368	100.0%	59.689	< 0.000
	Agree	15	28.8%	3	5.8%	34	65.4%	52	100.0%

^aAbout a half of the respondents were in their second trimester of pregnancy, 22% had two live children. An overwhelming majority reported one sex partner in last twelve months preceding the survey. Most respondents agreed that their family and friends would not approve of them drinking during pregnancy

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