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Table 5 Patient-level risk-factors for missed Day 1 dosing of administered anti-malarials based on calendar-day delay among 83 in-patients with an admission malaria diagnosis, Uganda, 2014

From: Quality of care for adult in-patients with malaria in a tertiary hospital in Uganda

Missed Day 1 dosing of anti-malarials by calendar-day, n (%); (N = 83)

Factor

Missed Calendar-Day 1 dosing

Crude Analysis

Adjusted Analysis

 

Yes

No

Total, [% col]a

ORb

95% for CIc

P-value

aORb

95% for CIc

P-value

Antiretroviral therapy use

 No

15 (20)

59 (80)

74 [89]

1.0

  

1.0

  

 Yes

5 (56)

4 (44)

9 [11]

4.9

1.17–20.6

0.029

4.9

0.90–26.1

0.066

Malaria microscopy test results available

 No

8 (17)

39 (83)

47 [57]

1.0

  

1.0

  

 Yes

12 (33)

24 (67)

36 [43]

2.4

0.87–6.82

0.090

2.4

0.70–8.40

0.165

Linear on number of working

 Diagnoses

20

63

83

2.6

1.56–4.35

 < 0.001

2.6

1.52–4.56

0.001

  1. a% Column
  2. bOR Odds Ratio
  3. cConfidence interval