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Table 5 Barriers to SP-IPTp use among respondents attending ANC in Cross River State

From: Barriers to and determinants of the use of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Cross River State, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Variable

n (%) (95 % CI)

Lack of autonomy of decision-making (n = 400)

 Yes

330 (82.5) (78.4–86.1)

 No

70 (17.5) (13.9–21.6)

Source of SP among those who used it (n = 165)

 ANC clinic

110 (66.7) (58.9–73.8)

 Drug vendor

55 (33.3) (26.2–41.1)

Reason for buying SP from a drug vendor (n = 55)

 Stock-out of SP in the ANC clinic

55 (100) (0.94–1.00)

Directly observed treatment during ANC visit (n = 110)

 Yes

36 (32.7) (24.1–42.3)

 No

74 (67.3) (57.7–75.9)