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Table 4 Health system factors associated with willingness to take up IRS in the next round

From: Factors associated with willingness to take up indoor residual spraying to prevent malaria in Tororo district, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Willingness to take up IRS in next round

COR

95% CI

p value

No (%)

Yes (%)

Distance to nearest health centre

 ≤ 5 km

129 (96.3)

469 (92.7)

1

  

 > 5 km

5 (3.7)

37 (7.3)

0.1

(0.78–5.28)

0.144

Means of transport to health centre

 Walking

85 (63.4)

442 (87.4)

1

  

 Bicycle

23 (17.2)

47 (9.3)

0.4

(0.39–0.68)

0.001a

 Other means

26 (19.4)

17 (3.36)

0.2

(0.06–0.24)

< 0.001a

Had a community medicine distributor

 Yes

91 (67.9)

363 (71.7)

1

  

 No

36 (26.9)

115 (22.7)

0.8

(0.52–1.24)

0.322

 Don’t know/not sure

7 (5.2)

28 (5.5)

1.0

(0.42–2.37)

0.995

Number of mosquito nets in a household

 Two or less

55 (41.0)

280 (55.3)

1

  

 More than two

79.9 (58.9)

226 (44.7)

0.6

(0.38–0.83)

0.003a

Source of IRS information

 Community leaders

102 (77.3)

420 (83.2)

1

  

 Others

30 (22.3)

85 (16.8)

0.7

(0.43–1.09)

0.118

  1. aStatistically significant