Table 5 Predictors of early treatment-seeking behaviour among febrile patients, northwest Ethiopia, September to December, 2017
From: Early treatment-seeking behaviour for malaria in febrile patients in northwest Ethiopia
Factors | Treatment-seeking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Early (%) | Late (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
Knowledge of advantage of sleeping under bed net | ||||
Yes | 316 (88.8) | 184 (56.8) | 6.0 (4.00–8.90) | 2.8 (1.70–4.60) |
No | 40 (11.2) | 140 (43.2) | 1 | 1 |
Knowledge of mosquito breeding site | ||||
Yes | 319 (89.6) | 207 (63.9) | 4.9 (3.20–7.30) | 1.9 (1.10–3.30) |
No | 37 (10.4) | 117 (36.1) | 1 | 1 |
Overall knowledge of malaria | ||||
Good | 71 (20.0) | 199 (61.4) | 6.4 (4.50–9.10) | 2.7 (1.56–4.76) |
Poor | 28 5(80.0) | 125 (38.6) | 1 | 1 |
Previous malaria history | ||||
Yes | 262 (73.6) | 98 (30.2) | 6.4 (4.60–8.98) | 3.3 (1.64–6.49) |
No | 94 (26.4) | 226 (69.8) | 1 | 1 |
Family size | ||||
< 5 | 240 (67.4) | 110 (34.0) | 4.0 (2.93–5.54) | 2.1 (1.43–3.20) |
≥ 5 | 116 (32.6) | 214 (66.0) | 1 | 1 |
Residence distance (km) | ||||
< 6 | 242 (68.0) | 129 (39.8) | 3.2 (2.34–4.40) | 2.5 (1.72–3.60) |
≥ 6 | 114 (32.0) | 195 (60.2) | 1 | 1 |