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Table 5 Multivariable meta-regression analysis of study variables associated with appropriate malaria treatment (n = 15)

From: Health workers readiness and practice in malaria case detection and appropriate treatment: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

Variables

Coefficient

SE

t

95% CI

P-value

Year of the publication

− 0.009

0.02

− 0.44

− 0.052 to 0.35

0.668

GDP (per capita)

− 0.071

0.043

− 1.63

− 0.18 to 0.40

0.163

Malaria incidence per 1000

− 0.0001

0.003

− 0.51

− 0.001 to 0.006

0.631

Malaria mortality per 100,000

0.0009

0.002

0.03

− 0.0057 to 0.0059

0.964

Number of health worker

− 0.01

− 0.010

− 0.21

− 0.12 to 0.09

0.830

Health worker cadre

− 0.17

0.13

− 1.23

− 0.47 to 0.129

0.242

Availability of anti-malarial drugs

0.124

0.35

0.35

− 0.79 to 1.03

0.740

Appropriateness of sampling and methods (risk of bias)

0.200

0.085

2.36

− 0.01 to 0.419

0.066

Constant

0.368

0.36

1.00

− 0.58 to 1.31

0.365

  1. I2 = 33.4%
  2. Adjusted R-squared (R2) = 83.43%