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Table 5 Factors independently associated with perceived treatment failure among 281 under-five children treated under HBMF, Rakai District, 2006

From: Caregivers' perceived treatment failure in home-based management of fever among Ugandan children aged less than five years

Factor

N = 281

CP-TF n (%)

Adjusted OR 95% CI)

Treatment within 24 Hrs

162

10.5 (17)

0.10 (0.04–0.26)

Adherence to recommended duration of treatment

235

17.9 42

0.30 (0.13–0.69)

Treatment within 25–48 hours

79

32.9 (26)

0.32 (0.12–0.83)

Ill in the previous month

106

32.1 (34)

2.46 (1.18–5.13)

Vomiting

124

33.9 (42)

5.02 (2.31–10.92)

Convulsions

51

58.8 (30)

10.51 (4.46–24.77)