Table 2 Factors associated with community health workers conducting case investigations of incident malaria cases

Age

15 years or older

Reference

Reference

5–14 years

0.620*** (0.503–0.766)

0.704** (0.565–0.876)

<5 years

0.625** (0.661–0.928)

0.694* (0.520–0.925)

Travel

Index case did not travel

Reference

Reference

Index case travelled

0.701* (0.496–0.990)

0.669* (0.473–0.948)

Gender

Index case is female

Reference

Reference

Index case is male

0.563*** (0.464–0.682)

0.625*** (0.513–0.761)

Season

During dry season

Reference

Reference

During rainy season

0.613*** (0.494–0.762)

0.795 (0.628–1.007)

CHW workload

1–6 patients

Reference

Reference

7–11 patients

0.935 (0.692–1.264)

1.126 (0.824–1.539)

12–18 patients

0.597** (0.442–0.805)

0.775 (0.563–1.067)

19–28 patients

0.509*** (0.377–0.687)

0.659* (0.479–0.907)

29–110 patients

0.496*** (0.349–0.705)

0.650* (0.448–0.943)