Factors | VMW service | AOR | (95% CI) | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Users | Non-users | Â | Â | Â | |
(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 | Â | Â | Â | ||
 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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 <12 months | 17 | 55 |  |  |  |
 12-59 months | 74 | 254 | 1.04 | (0.50-2.18) | 0.918 |
Most recent symptom was Fever/Malaria | Â | Â | |||
 Yes | 81 | 240 |  |  |  |
 No | 10 | 69 | 0.37 | (0.16-0.87) | 0.022 |
Severity of symptoms | Â | Â | Â | ||
 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 | Â | Â | Â | ||
 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 |