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Table 5 Multivariate analysis of key variables associated with participation in the campaign

From: The acceptability of mass administrations of anti-malarial drugs as part of targeted malaria elimination in villages along the Thai–Myanmar border

 

MDA

Less than complete

Complete

Total

OR (univariate)

OR (multivariate)*

n

%

n

%

Number respondents

204

54

174

46

378

 

p value

 

p value

Demographics of respondents

 Village

 HKT

86

70

37

30

123

1

 

1

 

 KNH

17

23

58

77

75

7.9

<0.001

17.3*

0.001*

 TOT

78

68

36

32

114

1.1

0.803

2.7*

0.2*

 TPN

23

35

43

65

66

4.4

<0.001

9.3*

0.007*

Ethnicity

 Burman

59

67

29

33

88

1

 

1

 

 Other

3

37

5

63

8

3.4

0.110

1.5*

0.6*

 Paw

42

39

66

61

108

3.2

<0.001

2.0*

0.03

 Sgaw

99

58

73

42

172

1.5

0.139

1.9*

0.08*

Profession: shop-keeper

 No

175

52

161

48

336

1

 

1

 

 Yes

29

69

13

31

42

0.5

0.041

0.6**

0.1**

Health perceptions in relation to participation: do you know what causes malaria?

 I know

160

50

157

50

317

1

   

 I don’t know

44

72

17

28

61

0.4

0.002

0.5*

0.05*

Perceptions of the campaign: do you think you received enough information about the MDA?

 Yes

69

38

112

62

181

1

 

1

 

 No

20

53

18

47

38

0.6

0.1

0.5**

0.07**

 Don’t know

29

81

7

19

36

0.2

<0.001

0.3**

0.01**

Would you recommend the MDA programme to someone else?

 Yes

63

38

103

62

166

1

 

1

 

 No

2

100

0

0

2

NA

 

NA

 

 Don’t know

53

61

34

39

87

0.4

0.001

0.9**

0.9**

  1. The most relevant key variables in each table which were statistically significant in the univariate analysis were included in the multivariate analysis
  2. * Adjusted for village, ethnicity, do you know what causes malaria, and how did you hear about malaria—study staff
  3. ** Adjusted for village only