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Table 5 Logistic regression on association between covariates with complete participation

From: Factors associated with population coverage of targeted malaria elimination (TME) in southern Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

Covariates

Participation

Univariate analysis

p value

Multivariate analysis

p value

Partial/none (n = 17)

Complete (n = 141)

Crude OR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Number (%)

Number (%)

Sensitization by District Health Team/Village Health Workers/Study Staffs

13 (8.7)

137 (91.3)

10.53 (2.35–47.14)

0.002

0.98 (0.04–20.54)

0.99

Attended meetings of TME

11 (7.4)

138 (92.6)

25.09 (5.51–114.24)

< 0.001

12.01 (1.14–125.99)

0.03

Village head explained TME to you

10 (7.5)

124 (92.5)

5.1 (1.71–15.19)

0.003

4.54 (0.94–21.75)

0.058

Study staffs explained TME up to 30 times

9 (6.4)

132 (93.6)

11.07 (3.65–33.61)

< 0.001

2.97 (0.58–15.19)

0.19

We get malaria from mosquito

14 (9.2)

139 (90.8)

9.26 (1.21–70.63)

0.032

0.12 (0.002–7.60)

0.32

Fever is the sign and symptoms of malaria

8 (6.5)

115 (93.5)

4.97 (1.75–14.12)

0.003

2.21 (0.46–10.63)

0.32

Malaria can be diagnosed through blood test

10 (7.2)

128 (92.8)

6.89 (2.24–21.16)

0.001

5.68 (1.00–32.30)

0.05

A healthy looking person can have malaria

3 (4.8)

60 (95.2)

3.45 (0.95–12.56)

0.06

0.97 (0.18–5.15)

0.97

Malaria can be eliminated by giving medicine to all the villagers

6 (4.9)

117 (95.1)

8.93 (3.01–26.51)

< 0.001

3.87 (0.74–20.08)

0.1

Everyone from my house participated

4 (4.7)

81 (95.3)

4.38 (1.36–14.12)

0.013

4.27 (1.3–14.02)

0.017

Had complaints after round 1

1 (4)

24 (96)

3.28 (0.41–25.94)

0.26

3.01 (0.33–26.97)

0.32

Had complaints with my HH members

3 (7.7)

36 (92.3)

1.6 (0.43–5.88)

0.48

0.89 (0.21–3.73)

0.88

Received enough information

9 (6.2)

137 (93.8)

30.44 (7.68–120.62)

< 0.001

0.37 (0.01–11.89)

0.58

Medicine was given to kill malaria parasites

8 (5.7)

132 (94.3)

16.5 (5.13–53.02)

< 0.001

6.77 (0.89–51.5)

0.06

Medicine did not cause many illnesses

9 (7.4)

113 (92.6)

0.27 (0.09–0.78)

0.016

1.16 (0.12–10.91)

0.89

Blood was taken to test for malaria parasite

7 (5.5)

121 (94.5)

8.64 (2.94–25.33)

< 0.001

0.76 (0.04–11.75)

0.84

I liked all about MDA

8 (5.6)

134 (94.4)

21.53 (6.36–72.82)

< 0.001

17.2 (1.66–177.99)

0.017

MDA is important

8 (5.6)

135 (94.4)

25.31 (7.21–88.81)

< 0.001

14.94 (1.3–171.27)

0.03

I will participate if MDA happens next year

8 (5.8)

130 (94.2)

13.29 (4.27–41.32)

< 0.001

2.34 (0.27–20.05)

0.43

I would recommend MDA to others

5 (11.6)

38 (88.4)

0.88 (0.29–2.68)

0.83

0.18 (0.03–1.05)

0.057

  1. AOR adjusted odds ratio for age and sex