Factors associated with care-seeking for acute fever | No (%) chemical shop | No (%) hospital | Crude OR | p value [95 % CI] | Adjusted OR | p value |
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Chemical shop vs hospital | ||||||
Age less than 5 years | 64 (21.3 %) | 24 (16 %) | 1.42 | 0.18 [0.85–2.40] | 1.65 | 0.08 [0.94–2.87] |
Female gender | 147 (49.0 %) | 97 (64.7 %) | 0.52 | 0.02 [0.35–0.79] | 0.49 | 0.002 [0.31–0.77] |
Patient reported severity | 98 (32.7 %) | 68 (45.3 %) | 0.59 | 0.009 [0.39–0.87] | 0.56 | 0.016 [0.35–0.90] |
Delay to treatment (sought care after 3 days) | 83 (27.7 %) | 95 (63.3 %) | 0.22 | <0.001 [0.15–0.34] | 0.29 | <0.001 [0.18–0.46] |
Lives near a hospital | 120 (40.0 %) | 115 (76.7 %) | 0.16 | 0.877 [0.64–1.69] | 0.12 | <0.001 [0.06–0.24] |
In the poorest two quintiles | 110 (36.7 %) | 79 (52.7 %) | 0.52 | <0.001 [0.35–0.77] | 0.71 | 0.15 [0.44–1.14] |
Has no post primary education | 130 (43.3 %) | 86 (57.3 %) | 0.57 | 0.005 [0.38–0.85] | 0.32 | <0.001 [0.19–0.54] |
Slept under an ITN the previous night | 95 (31.7 %) | 48 (32.0 %) | 0.98 | 0.94 [0.65–1.50] | 0.81 | 0.40 [0.50–1.31] |