Table 5 Association of caretakers’ malaria related perceptions/knowledge with care seeking behavior for febrile illness of their children, Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | Sought care | B | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||||
Perceived cause of malaria | ||||||
Mosquito bite | No | 15 (71.4) | 6 (28.6) | −0.44 | 0.570 | 0.65 (0.14–2.93) |
Yes* | 57 (56.4) | 44 (43.6) | 1 | |||
Stagnant water | No | 71 (59.7) | 48 (40.3) | −2.26 | 0.177 | 0.10 (0.00–2.77) |
Yes* | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 1 | |||
Knowledge of prevention measures | ||||||
Sleeping under net | No | 15 (68.2) | 7 (31.8) | 0.09 | 0.923 | 1.09 (0.19–6.32) |
Yes* | 57 (57.0) | 43 (43.0) | 1 | |||
IRS | No | 63 (58.9) | 44 (41.1) | 0.29 | 0.730 | 1.33 (0.26–6.80) |
Yes* | 9 (60.0) | 6 (40.0) | 1 | |||
Environmental management | No | 43 (58.1) | 31 (41.9) | −0.21 | 0.696 | 0.81 (0.29–2.29) |
Knowledge of classical symptoms of malaria | No | 51 (57.3) | 38 (42.7) | 0.62 | 0.381 | 1.85 (0.47–7.36) |
Yes* | 21 (63.6) | 12 (36.4) | 1 | |||
Knowledge of risky groups | No | 62 (59.0) | 43 (41.0) | −0.03 | 0.972 | 0.97 (0.15–6.40) |
Yes* | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | 1 | |||
Overall knowledge | −0.01 | 0.983 | 0.99 (0.62–1.60) | |||
Yes* | 29 (60.4) | 19 (39.6) | 1 | |||
Own n LLIN | Yes | 67 (60.9) | 43 (39.1) | −0.05 | 0.959 | 0.95 (0.15–5.99) |
No* | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | 1 | |||
Previous net use | No | 19 (51.4) | 18 (48.6) | 0.53 | 0.389 | 1.70 (0.51–5.73) |
Households access to LLIN | No | 40 (52.6) | 36 (47.4) | 1.37 | 0.010 | 3.93 (1.39–11.12) |
Yes* | 32 (69.6) | 14 (30.4) | 1 | |||
Yes* | 53 (62.4) | 32 (37.6) | 1 | |||
Ever got malaria (self-report) | No | 43 (79.6) | 11 (20.4) | −2.14 | 0.000 | 0.12 (0.04–0.36) |
Yes* | 29 (42.6) | 39 (57.4) | 1 | |||
Sex | Male | 44 (62.9) | 26 (37.1) | −0.49 | 0.300 | 0.61 (0.24–1.55) |
Female* | 27 (54.0) | 23 (46.0) | 1 | |||
Age in years | 2–5 | 28 (53.8) | 24 (46.2) | 0.66 | 0.166 | 1.94 (0.76–4.95) |
≥5* | 43 (63.2) | 25 (36.8) | 1 | |||
Place of residence | Rural | 50 (66.7) | 25 (33.3) | −1.39 | 0.008 | 0.25 (0.09–0.69) |
Urban* | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2) | ||||
Malaria transmission levels | Low | 45 (62.5) | 27 (37.5) | −0.33 | 0`.656 | 0.72 (0.17–3.08) |
Moderate | 16 (53.3) | 14 (46.7) | −0.02 | 0.982 | 0.98 (0.23–4.15) | |
High* | 11 (55.0) | 9 (45.0) | 0.852 | 1 | ||