Community case management of malaria in Western Kenya: performance of community health volunteers in active malaria case surveillance

Table 4 Association of CHV’s correct referral of RDT negatives and antimalarial treatment of positives

Parameter	Options	Correct referral of RDT-negatives			Correct treatment of RDT-positives
Parameter	Options	Odd ratio	95% CI	p-value	Odd ratio	95% CI	p-value
Years of experience	> 10 years old	1.29	1.05–1.57	0.016	2.49	1.90–3.27	< 0.0001
Years of experience	< 10 years old	Ref.			Ref.
Education level	Secondary	0.85	0.72–1.01	0.068	1.95	1.60–2.37	< 0.0001
Education level	Primary	Ref.			Ref.
Training Received	> 10	0.40	0.33–0.48	< 0.0001	0.64	0.51–0.80	< 0.0001
Training Received	< 10	Ref.			Ref.
Sex	Male	3.94	1.85–5.44	< 0.001	0.54	0.33–0.87	0.012
Sex	Females	Ref.			Ref.
Age	> 50 years	0.99	0.83–1.17	0.887	1.21	0.98–1.48	0.073
Age	< 50 years	Ref.			Ref.

RDT Rapid Diagnostic Test, CHV Community Health Volunteer, Ref. Refrence category

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