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Table 6 Factors associated with medical care seeking of children with influenza like illness

From: Healthcare seeking behavior of patients with influenza like illness: comparison of the summer and winter influenza epidemics

Factors

Univariate

Multivariate

OR

95 % CI

P-value

Adjusted OR

95 % CI

P-value

Age group (years)

 10–18

ref

   

ref

   

 5–10

3.10

1.28

7.51

0.012

4.23

1.48

12.04

0.007

 0–5

2.78

1.09

7.05

0.032

3.57

1.21

10.47

0.021

Sex

 Boy

ref

   

ref

   

 Girl

2.18

1.06

4.47

0.034

3.75

1.57

8.96

0.003

Symptoms

        

 Fever

3.46

1.56

7.67

0.002

    

 Sleepy

0.71

0.21

2.38

0.578

    

 Sore throat

2.63

1.27

5.44

0.009

2.43

1.03

5.70

0.042

 Runny nose

1.30

0.60

2.80

0.509

    

 Cough

0.77

0.33

1.77

0.531

    

 Diarrhoea

1.49

0.61

3.62

0.382

    

 Vomiting

12.05

1.72

84.61

0.012

14.29

1.84

110.74

0.011

 Dehydration

4.66

0.14

160.05

0.394

    
  1. Weighted data were used in this analysis. Variables in multivariate models were selected by using the forward stepwise method with the cut-off point of p-value =0.1
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