Table 5 Logistic regression for predictors of who completed the full 14-days of PQ among study participants who were eligible to participate in the MDA

Sex

 Female

Ref.

Ref.

 Male

0.64 [0.30–1.39]

0.84 [0.31–2.27]

Age (years)

 > 60

Ref.

Ref.

 51–60

8.42 [2.12–33.52]

10.43 [2.03–53.57]

 41–50

4.02 [1.23–13.16]

4.62 [0.92–23.31]

 31–40

1.56 [0.56–4.33]

1.09 [0.27–4.45]

 18–30

3.69 [0.91–15.05]

4.96 [0.61–40.24]

Religion

 Buddhism

Ref.

Ref.

 Islamism

3.04 [1.23–7.55]

1.01 [0.21–4.97]

Education level

 Illiterate

Ref.

Ref.

 Monastery education

2.56 [0.26–25.01]

1.81 [0.08–40.76]

 Primary

1.12 [0.35–3.61]

0.78 [0.16–3.78]

 Secondary and above

1.48 [0.41–5.34]

0.89 [0.15–5.13]

Occupation

 Unemployed/Government Officer/Housewife/student

Ref.

Ref.

 Merchant/general labor

1.84 [0.50–6.76]

2.28 [0.45–11.65]

 Farmers

0.87 [0.31–2.48]

1.42 [0.32–6.28]

Marital status

 Married

Ref.

Ref.

 Widow/divorced/separated

0.67 [0.18–2.46]

0.58 [0.09–3.62]

 Single

1.08 [0.31–3.85]

0.89 [0.19–4.19]

Experienced malaria infection

 No

Ref.

Ref.

 Yes

1.43 [0.62–3.30]

0.98 [0.31–3.16]

Knowledge

 Correct in malaria cause

0.86 [0.40–1.87]

0.51 [0.20–1.30]

 Correct in malaria diagnosis

0.75 [0.35–1.62]

1.31 [0.50–3.45]

 Correct in malaria symptom

1.19 [0.52–2.74]

0.94 [0.33–2.70]

 Correct in malaria treatment

2.26 [0.78–6.59]

2.85 [0.62–13.14]

 Correct in malaria preventable

1.33 [0.51–3.48]

0.89 [0.24–3.33]

 Correct in malaria reinfection

1.10 [0.45–2.49]

1.37 [0.39–4.82]

 Correct in malaria curable

1.91 [0.88–4.14]

1.77 [0.62–5.10]

Perception level

 Low (0–24 scores)

Ref.

Ref.

 Moderate (25–33 scores)

–

–

 High (34–42 scores)

–

–

Study village (province)

 BN (Yala)

Ref.

Ref.

 BR (Yala)

1.05 [0.24–4.73]

1.87 [0.34–10.17]

 DY (Yala)

1.33 [0.24–7.32]

1.23 [0.18–8.59]

 KS (Yala)

0.82 [0.14–4.62]

1.27 [0.14–11.54]

 TY (Yala)

–

–

 KL (Narathiwat)

0.56 [0.18–1.76]

0.80 [0.20–3.28]

 SB (Narathiwat)

0.31 [0.09–1.04]

0.49 [0.07–3.26]