Promptness in seeking treatment from Village Health workers for children under five years with malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia in rural southwestern Uganda

Table 2 Association between patient characteristics and promptness in seeking care

Characteristics	Visit CHWs within 24 h		OR (95% CI)	p-value	aOR (95% CI)	p-value
Characteristics	No	Yes	OR (95% CI)	p-value	aOR (95% CI)	p-value
Age
< 12 months	1415	2060	1 1.25 (1.16–1.35)	< 0.001^***
≥ 12 months	5291	9664	1 1.25 (1.16–1.35)	< 0.001^***	1.16 (1.07 – 1.25)	< 0.001***
Sex
Male	3349	5843	1 1.02 (0.96–1.08)	0.42
Female	3266	5839	1 1.02 (0.96–1.08)	0.42	1.01 (0.95 – 1.07)	0.629
Fever
No	3314	4304	1 1.68 (1.58–1.78)	< 0.001^***
Yes	3392	7420	1 1.68 (1.58–1.78)	< 0.001^***	1.93 (1.80 – 2.06)	< 0.001***
Diarrhoea
No	4978	8282	1 1.19 (1.11–1.28)	< 0.001^***
Yes	1728	3442	1 1.19 (1.11–1.28)	< 0.001^***	1.43 (1.32 – 1.54)	< 0.001***
Pneumonia
No	3744	6347	1 1.07 (1.00–1.13)	0.02^**
Yes	2962	5377	1 1.07 (1.00–1.13)	0.02^**	1.33 (1.24 – 1.42)	< 0.001***
Child had danger sign
No	6561	11,640	1 0.32 (0.24–0.42)	< 0.001^***
Yes	143	84	1 0.32 (0.24–0.42)	< 0.001^***	0.51 (0.38 – 0.69)	< 0.001***
Child referred
No	6124	11,212	1 0.48 (0.42–0.54)	< 0.001^***
Yes	576	510	1 0.48 (0.42–0.54)	< 0.001^***	0.59 (0.52 – 0.68)	< 0.001***

The patient characteristics independently associated with promptness in seeking care from a VHW are; fever (aOR = 1.93, 95% CI 1.80–2.06, p < 0.001), diarrhoea (aOR = 1.43, 95% CI 1.32–1.54, p < 0.001), pneumonia (aOR = 1.33, 95% CI 1.24–1.42, p < 0.001), child had danger sign (aOR = 0.51, 95% CI 0.38–0.69, p < 0.001), and child referred (aOR = 1.59, 95% CI 0.52–0.68, p < 0.001)
**significant at p < 0.01 and ***significant at p < 0.001

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