Table 3 Child’s Demographic characteristics associated with pre-hospital anti-malarial use
Variable | Anti-malarial use | Bivariate | Multivariate¥ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | OR (95% CI) | P-value | aOR (95% CI) | P-value | |
n = 72 (%) | n = 138 (%) | |||||
Age (months) | ||||||
  ≤ 24 | 40 (31.1) | 88 (68.8) | 0.71 (0.40–1.27) | 0.247 | – |  |
  > 24–59 | 32 (39.0) | 50 (61.0) | 1 |  |  |  |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 37 (31.4) | 81 (68.6) | 0.74 (0.42–1.32) | 0.311 | – |  |
 Female | 35 (38.0) | 57 (62.0) | 1 |  |  |  |
Fever duration (days) | ||||||
  ≤ 3 | 32 (22.4) | 111 (77.6) | 0.20 (0.10–0.36) |  < 0.001 | 0.31 (0.16–0.62) | 0.001 |
  > 3 | 40 (59.7) | 27 (40.3) | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Temperature (°C) | ||||||
  < 38.5 | 32 (33.0) | 65 (67.0) | 0.90 (0.51–1.59) | 0.714 | – |  |
  ≥ 38.5 | 40 (35.4) | 73 (64.6) | 1 |  |  |  |
Cough | ||||||
 Yes | 67 (36.2) | 118 (63.8) | 2.27 (0.82–6.33) | 0.109 | 0.88 (0.28–2.74) | 0.821 |
 No | 5 (20.0) | 20 (80.0) | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Vomiting | ||||||
 Yes | 28 (35.4) | 51 (64.6) | 1.09 (0.60–1.95) | 0.784 | – |  |
 No | 44 (33.6) | 87 (66.4) | 1 |  |  |  |
Antibiotic use | ||||||
 Yes | 42 (50.6) | 41 (49.4) | 3.31 (1.83–5.99) |  < 0.001 | 1.86 (0.95–3.64) | 0.07 |
 No | 30 (23.6) | 97 (76.4) | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Nearest HF | ||||||
 Hospital | 9 (14.5) | 53 (85.5) | 0.23 (0.11–0.50) |  < 0.001 | 0.39 (0.17–0.90) | 0.027 |
 Health centre | 63 (42.6) | 85 (57.4) | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Distance | ||||||
  ≤ 5 km | 52 (30.1) | 121 (69.9) | 0.37 (0.18–0.75) | 0.005 | 0.41 (0.18–0.89) | 0.025 |
  > 5 km | 20 (54.1) | 17 (45.9) |  |  |  |  |