Factors affecting delay in seeking treatment among malaria patients along Thailand-Myanmar border in Tak Province, Thailand

Table 2 Factors associated with delay in seeking treatment by multiple logistic regression (n = 456)

Factors	n	Delay (%)	OR	OR _adj (95% CI)	p-value
Gender
Male	308	243 (78.9)	1.00	1.00
Female	148	119 (80.4)	1.10	0.88 (0.52-1.51)	0.653
Age (years)
<35	233	184 (79.0)	1.00	1.00
≥35	223	178 (79.8)	1.05	1.10 (0.65-1.89)	0.717
Ethnicity
Thai	156	112 (71.8)	1.00	1.00
Hill tribe	300	250 (83.3)	1.96	2.32 (1.34-4.04)	0.003*
Species of infection
P. falcipalum	191	138 (72.3)	1.00	1.00
P. vivax	255	216 (84.7)	2.13	2.02 (1.19-3.41)	0.009*
P. falcipalum & P. vivax	10	8 (80.0)	1.54	0.82 (0.17-4.01)	0.802
Self-treatment
No	164	121 (73.8)	1.00	1.00
Yes	292	241 (82.5)	1.68	1.73 (1.04-2.85)	0.033*
Social support
High	243	178 (73.3)	1.00	1.00
Medium	114	96 (84.2)	1.95	1.96 (1.00-3.20)	0.051
Low	99	88 (88.9)	2.92	2.58 (1.24-5.35)	0.011*

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