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Table 2 Determinants of VMW service utilization by caregivers in M villages (n=400)

From: Integrating child health services into malaria control services of village malaria workers in remote Cambodia: service utilization and knowledge of malaria management of caregivers

Factors

VMW service

AOR

(95% CI)

p-value

Users

Non-users

   

(n=91)

(n=309)

VMW’s education

     

 <5 years

40

168

   

 ≥5 years

51

141

2.00

(1.05-3.83)

0.036

VMW’s experience

     

 <41.5 months

13

187

   

 ≥41.5 months

78

122

11.80

(4.46-31.19)

<0.001

VMW’s service quality

    

 <4.1 points

27

229

   

 ≥4.1 points

64

80

2.04

(1.01-4.11)

0.046

Caregiver’s age

    

 <28 years

55

162

   

 ≥28 years

36

147

0.92

(0.50-1.68)

0.777

Number of children U5

   

 One

79

245

   

 Two or more

12

64

0.65

(0.30-1.45)

0.296

Distance from nearest public health centre

 <9.5 km

44

156

   

 ≥9.5 km

47

153

3.03

(1.44-6.37)

0.004

Caregiver’s literacy

    

 Illiterate

34

125

   

 Literate

57

184

0.66

(0.351-1.24)

0.194

Caregiver’s occupation

   

 Farmer

86

277

   

 Other

5

32

0.89

(0.28-2.83)

0.846

Caregiver’s wealth index

   

 Low

19

77

   

 Middle

36

113

0.91

(0.45-1.85)

0.797

 High

36

119

0.73

(0.36-1.49)

0.386

Child age

    

 <12 months

17

55

   

 12-59 months

74

254

1.04

(0.50-2.18)

0.918

Most recent symptom was Fever/Malaria

  

 Yes

81

240

   

 No

10

69

0.37

(0.16-0.87)

0.022

Severity of symptoms

   

 Mild

39

73

   

 Moderate

39

171

0.40

(0.21-0.76)

0.005

 Severe

13

65

0.20

(0.08-0.47)

<0.001

Number of symptoms

   

 One

9

20

   

 Two

9

47

0.56

(0.16-2.01)

0.374

 Three or more

73

242

0.72

(0.50-1.68)

0.530