Research Article

Parental Satisfaction towards Care Given at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Associated Factors in Comprehensive and Referral Hospitals of Southern Ethiopia

Table 7

Factors associated with parental satisfaction towards care given at NICU incomprehensive and referral hospitals of southern Ethiopia, 2022 ().

VariablesLevel of parental satisfactionCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI) value
Satisfied (%)Unsatisfied (%)

Educational status
 No formal51 (44.0)65 (56.0)0.27 (0.15, 0.47)0.15 (0.07, 0.31)<0.001
 Primary60 (69.8)26 (30.2)0.78 (0.41, 1.47)0.46 (0.21, 0.98)0.044
 Secondary61 (66.3)31 (33.7)0.66 (0.36, 1.23)0.57 (0.27, 1.17)0.123
 Collage and above80 (74.8)27 (25.2)11
Infant breastfeeding
 Yes198 (66.4)100 (33.6)1.80 (1.13, 2.83)1.20 (0.68, 2.11)0.526
 No54 (52.4)49 (47.6)11
Social support
 Strong140 (74.1)49 (25.9)4.43 (2.51, 7.83)1.82 (0.89, 3.72)0.103
 Moderate83 (60.1)55 (39.9)2.34 (1.31, 4.17)1.45 (0.72, 2.93)0.304
 Poor29 (39.2)45 (60.8)11
Mode of delivery
 SVD168 (61.3)106 (38.7)1.03 (0.62, 1.70)1.37 (0.74, 2.53)0.314
 Instrumental delivery33 (76.7)10 (23.3)2.14 (0.93, 4.91)3.49 (1.28, 9.51)0.014
 C.S51 (60.7)33 (39.3)11
Information about NICU rules
 Agree213 (63.4)123 (36.6)1.15 (0.67, 1.99)1.26 (0.64, 2.48)0.502
 Disagree39 (60.0)26 (40.0)11
Functionality and cleanness of toilet
 Agree170 (68.0)80 (32.0)1.79 (1.18, 2.71)1.52 (0.87, 2.65)0.140
 Disagree82 (54.3)69 (45.7)11
Information using direction indicator
 Agree163 (79.9)41 (20.1)4.82 (3.10, 7.51)3.14 (1.85, 5.31)<0.001
 Disagree89 (45.2)108 (54.8)11
Accessibility of ways to present complaints
 Agree205 (70.2)87 (29.8)3.11 (1.97, 4.90)1.43 (0.76, 2.70)0.269
 Disagree47 (43.1)62 (56.9)11
Availability of enough chairs in the waiting area
 Agree200 (74.9)67 (25.1)4.71 (3.02, 7.34)3.26 (1.81, 5.87)<0.001
 Disagree52 (38.8)82 (61.2)11

Statistically significant variable at .