Table 5 Predictors of delayed care-seeking for fever and receiving a recommended care of testing blood for malaria parasite before using anti-malarial, Igabi LGA, Kaduna Nigeria
Term | Delayed care-seeking | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% C.I) | Coefficient | p-value | |
Mother's age ≥ 30 years | 1.5 (1.0–2.4) | 0.4122 | 0.072 |
Rural settlement | 2.8 (1.8–4.2) | 1.0181 | 0.000 |
Household size < 5 people | 0.4 (0.3–0.7) | − 0.8269 | 0.000 |
Poor malaria knowledge | 1.4 (0.9–2.2) | 0.3656 | 0.090 |
Term | Unrecommended care of malaria fever | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% C.I) | Coefficient | p-value | |
Not knowing route of malaria transmission to human | 5.4 (1.1–26.7) | 1.6925 | 0.040 |
Rural settlement | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) | − 1.6854 | 0.000 |
No formal education | 4.0 (1.6–9.9) | 1.3831 | 0.001 |