Table 3 Factors associated with caregivers’ treatment-seeking behaviour for under five children with fever (n = 197)
Variable | Variable groups | Treatment sought (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age of caregivers | <30 | 103 (92.0) | 2.5 (1.02–5.91)* | 3.40 (1.27–9.10)** |
>30 | 70 (82.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Place of residence | Rural | 107 (91.5) | 2.27 (0.95–5.40)* | 2.80 (1.01–7.70)** |
Urban | 66 (82.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 103 (86.6) | 1.00 | |
Read and write | 26 (92.9) | 2.02 (0.44–9.34) | ||
Primary | 25 (89.3) | 1.29 (0.26–4.79) | ||
Secondary or above | 19 (86.4) | 0.98 (0.26–3.71) | ||
Religion | Christian | 121 (89.6) | 1.00 | |
Muslim | 18 (94.7) | 2.08 (0.26–16.81) | ||
Traditional | 34 (79.1) | 0.44 (0.17–1.10)* | ||
Ethnicity | Gumuz | 66 (82.5) | 1.00 | |
Agew | 79 (90.8) | 2.09 (0.83–5.30)* | ||
Amhara | 28 (93.3) | 2.97 (0.63–13.94)* | ||
Family size | ≤5 | 106 (89.1) | 1.34 (0.57–3.16) | |
≥6 | 67 (85.9) | 1.00 | ||
Occupation of respondents | Farmer | 45 (81.8) | 1.00 | |
Housewife | 109 (90.5) | 2.02 (0.81–5.01)* | ||
Merchant/government employee | 19 (90.5) | 2.11 (0.42–10.56) | ||
Average monthly income (ETB) | ≤500 | 68 (87.2) | 1.00 | |
501–1000 | 42 (91.3) | 1.54 (0.46–5.24) | ||
>1000 | 63 (86.3) | 0.93 (0.36–2.37) | ||
Malaria knowledge | Poor | 95 (82.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Good | 78 (95.1) | 4.11 (1.35–12.51)* | 4.65 (1.38–15.64)** | |
Perceived susceptibility | Low | 99 (84.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
High | 74 (92.5) | 2.24 (0.85–5.93)* | 3.63 (1.21–10.88)** | |
Perceived severity | Low | 87 (86.1) | 1.00 | |
High | 84 (87.5) | 0.94 (0.40–2.22) | ||
Perceived benefits of malaria treatment | Low | 87 (86.1) | 1.00 | |
High | 86 (89.6) | 1.38 (0.58–3.29) | ||
Perceived barriers to treatment-seeking | Low | 106 (93.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
High | 67 (80.7) | 0.32 (0.13–0.78)* | 0.18 (0.06–0.52)** | |
Cues to action | Low | 102 (85.0) | 1.00 | |
High | 71 (92.2) | 2.09 (0.79–5.52)* | ||
Perceived self-efficacy | Low | 106 (87.6) | 1.00 | |
High | 67 (88.2) | 1.05 (0.44–2.54) |