Table 3 Determinants of malaria treatment delay in the northwestern zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2018
Variable | Category | Cases n = 161 No (%) | Control n = 161 No (%) | COR | AOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 116 (72) | 105 (65.2) | 1.38 (0.86–2.21)* | 0.81 (0.46–1.45) |
Male | 45 (28) | 56 (34.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Age | < 7 | 17 (10.6) | 27 (16.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
7–14 | 19 (11.8) | 21 (13) | 1.44 (0.60–3.42) | 1.61 (0.52–4.98) | |
15–45 | 110 (68.3) | 101 (62.7) | 1.73 (0.89–3.36) | 0.93 (0.28–3.07) | |
> 45 | 15 (9.3) | 12 (7.5) | 1.98 (0.75–5.25) | 1.1 (0.25–4.81) | |
Address | Laelay Adyabo | 91 (56.5) | 90 (55.9) | 1.48 (0.84–2.6)* | 1.46 (0.73–2.92) |
Tahtay Adyabo | 42 (26.1) | 30 (18.6) | 2.05 (1.05–4.01)* | 2.84 (1.29–6.27)** | |
Asgede Tsimbla | 28 (17.4) | 41 (25.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Educational status | No formal education | 85 (52.8) | 71 (44.1) | 1.73 (0.88–3.41)* | 2.39 (1.09–5.22)** |
Primary education | 58 (36) | 64 (39.8) | 1.31 (0.65–2.63) | 1.58 (0.74–3.41) | |
Above secondary | 18 (11.2) | 26 (16.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Medicine taking in home | Yes | 10 (6.4) | 20 (12.4) | 0.47 (0.21–1.03)* | 0.43 (0.18–1.02) |
No | 151 (93.6) | 141 (87.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Who decide for health care seeking | Patients | 82 (50.9) | 72 (44.7) | 1.85 (0.92–3.72)* | 2.38 (1.09–5.2)** |
Father | 63 (39.1) | 63 (39.1) | 1.62 (0.8–3.32)* | 2.52 (1.13–5.62)** | |
Mother | 16 (9.9) | 26 (16.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Dead family member in the last month | Yes | 2 (1.2) | 6 (3.7) | 0.32 (0.06–1.63)* | 0.43 (0.08–2.28) |
No | 159 (98.8) | 155 (96.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Knowledge on malaria symptoms | Good | 74 (46) | 55 (34.2) | 1.64 (1.05–2.57)* | 2.02 (1.21–3.39)** |
Poor | 87 (54) | 106 (65.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Knowledge on malaria transmission | Good | 142 (88.2) | 133 (82.6) | 1.57 (0.84–2.95)* | 1.15 (0.53–2.48) |
Poor | 19 (11.8) | 28 (17.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Knowledge of malaria at risk population | Good | 62 (38.5) | 82 (50.9) | 0.6 (0.39–0.94)* | 0.83 (0.45–1.52) |
Poor | 99 (61.5) | 79 (49.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |