Table 4 Factors associated with caregivers of U5 children receiving a recommended care of testing fever for malaria before using anti-malarial, Igabi LGA, Kaduna Nigeria. (N = 155)
Characteristics | Test blood for malaria parasite before taking anti-malarial drugs | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | OR (95% C.I) | ||
Mother’s age < 30 years | ||||
No | 22 (30.1) | 51 (69.9) | 0.9 (0.5–1.8) | 0.97 |
Yes | 26 (31.7) | 56 (68.3) | ||
Type of community | ||||
Rural | 28 (44.4) | 35 (55.6) | 2.9 (1.4–5.8) | 0.00 |
Urban | 20 (21.7) | 72 (78.3) | ||
Mother’s had formal education | ||||
No | 10 (17.2) | 48 (82.8) | 0.3 (0.1–0.7) | 0.01 |
Yes | 38 (39.2) | 59 (60.8) | ||
Religion | ||||
Islam | 47 (30.9) | 105 (69.1) | 0.9 (0.1–10) | 1.00 |
Christianity | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | ||
Household size < 5 | ||||
Yes | 24 (25.3) | 71 (74.7) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 0.08 |
No | 24 (40.0) | 36 (60.0) | ||
Malaria, a major health problem | ||||
No | 2 (22.2) | 7 (77.8) | 0.6 (0.1–3.1) | 0.83 |
Yes | 46 (31.5) | 100 (68.5) | ||
Mothers knows mode of malaria transmission | ||||
No | 2 (10.0) | 18 (90.0) | 0.2 (0.1–1.0) | 0.06 |
Yes | 46 (34.1) | 89 (65.9) | ||
Mothers knows mosquitoes feeding time | ||||
No | 15 (35.7) | 27 (64.3) | 1.3 (0.6–2.9) | 0.55 |
Yes | 33 (29.2) | 80 (70.8) | ||
Mothers knows malaria symptoms | ||||
No | 11 (31.4) | 24 (68.6) | 1.0 (0.5–2.3) | 1.00 |
Yes | 37 (30.8) | 83 (69.2) | ||
Mothers knows how to detect if fever is caused by malaria | ||||
No | 16 (26.7) | 44 (73.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.4) | 0.46 |
Yes | 32 (33.7) | 63 (66.3) | ||
Mothers knows malaria prevention measures | ||||
No | 21 (32.3) | 44 (67.7) | 1.1 (0.6–2.2) | 0.89 |
Yes | 27 (30.0) | 63 (70.0) | ||
Poor malaria knowledge | ||||
Yes | 16 (26.7) | 44 (73.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.5) | 0.46 |
No | 32 (33.7) | 63 (66.3) | ||
Total | 48 (31.0) | 107 (69.0) | ||