Volume 30, Number 5—May 2024
Synopsis
Congenital Syphilis Prevention Challenges, Pacific Coast of Colombia, 2018–2022
Table 2
Factors associated with having >1 screening test for syphilis in a prenatal care program of a public hospital, Buenaventura, Colombia, 2018–2022*
Characteristic | >1 syphilis screening test |
Crude OR (95% CI) | p value |
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No |
Yes |
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Age group, y | |||||||
<18 | |||||||
Yes | 258 (20.8) | 353 (16.5) | 1.33 (1.11–1.60) | 0.001† | |||
No | 981 (79.2) | 1,786 (83.5) | Referent | ||||
19–34 | |||||||
Yes | 897 (72.4) | 1,578 (73.8) | 0.93 (0.79–1.09) | 0.383 | |||
No | 342 (27.6) | 561 (26.2) | Referent | ||||
>35 | |||||||
Yes | 84 (6.8) | 208 (9.7) | 0.67 (0.51–0.88) | 0.003† |
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No |
1,155 (93.2) |
1,931 (90.3) |
Referent |
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Educational level‡ | |||||||
Basic or lower | 1,198 (96.7) | 2,009 (93.9) | 1.89 (1.31–2.77) | <0.001† |
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Postsecondary |
41 (3.3) |
130 (6.1) |
Referent |
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Socioeconomical stratum§ | |||||||
1: low-low | 1,205 (97.3) | 1,964 (91.8) | 3.16 (2.16–4.74) | <0.001† |
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2: low |
34 (2.7) |
175 (8.2) |
Referent |
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Residential area | |||||||
Rural | 52 (4.2) | 97 (4.5) | 0.92 (0.64–1.31) | 0.644 |
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Urban |
1,187 (95.8) |
2,042 (95.5) |
Referent |
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Ethnicity | |||||||
Afro-Colombian | 1,197 (96.6) | 2,129 (99.5) | 0.13 (0.06–0.27) | <0.001† |
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Other |
42 (3.4) |
10 (0.5) |
Referent |
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Occupation | |||||||
Head of household¶ | 987 (79.7) | 1,670 (78.1) | 1.09 (0.92–1.31) | 0.278# |
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Other |
252 (20.3) |
469 (21.9) |
Referent |
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Marital status | |||||||
Single | 326 (26.3) | 319 (14.9) | 2.04 (1.71–2.43) | <0.001† |
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With partner** |
913 (73.7) |
1,820 (85.1) |
Referent |
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History of ≥3 pregnancies | |||||||
Yes | 321 (25.9) | 736 (34.4) | 0.67 (0.57–0.78) | <0.001† |
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No |
918 (74.1) |
1,403 (65.6) |
Referent |
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History of spontaneous abortions | |||||||
Yes | 201 (16.2) | 477 (22.3) | 0.67 (0.56–0.81) | <0.001† |
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No |
1,038 (83.8) |
1,662 (77.7) |
Referent |
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History of stillbirths | |||||||
Yes | 23 (1.9) | 69 (3.2) | 0.57 (0.34–0.93) | 0.018† |
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No |
1,216 (98.1) |
2,070 (96.8) |
Referent |
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Trimester of access to PCP | |||||||
Second or third | 625 (50.4) | 951 (44.5) | 1.27 (1.10–1.47) | <0.001† | |||
First | 614 (49.6) |
1,188 (55.5) |
Referent |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. PCP, prenatal care program. †Indicates variables with a p value of <0.25 included in the logistic regression. ‡Basic or lower: completed secondary school or lower; postsecondary: technical, university, or higher. §Socioeconomic stratum scale in Colombia: 1 to 6, with 1 being the lowest level. ¶Person, whether single or married, who bears the ongoing responsibility for providing financial or social support to their dependents. #Was included in the multivariate analysis for the importance in Colombian social context. **De facto marriage or married.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.