Prevalence of Malaria and Associated Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among Suspected Patients in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 7

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of practice level among malaria-suspected cases in Bahir Dar Zuria district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Characteristics	Categories	Practice level		COR (95% CI)	value	COR (95% CI)	value
		Poor (%)	Good (%)
Sex	Male	64 (71.9)	25 (28.1)	0.477 (0.240-0.949)	0.035	0.476 (0.231-0.980)	0.044
	Female	33 (55.0)	27 (45.0)	1
Age group (in years)	15-25	41 (74.5)	14 (25.5)	0.484 (0.217-1.077)	0.075	0.531 (0.201-1.398)	0.200
	26-35	22 (61.1)	14 (38.9)	0.902 (0.385-2.109)	0.811	0.838 (0.348-2.015)	0.693
	≥36	34 (58.6)	24 (41.4)	1
Educational level	Unable to read and write	61 (63.5)	35 (36.5)	1.215 (0.597-2.474)	0.591
	Able to read and write and above	36 (67.9)	17 (32.1)	1
Primary occupation	Farmer	80 (64.5)	44 (35.5)	1.169 (0.467-2.925)	0.739
	Nonfarmer	17 (68.0)	8 (32.0)	1
Marital status	Single	24()	6 (11.5)	0.397 (0.151-1.044)	0.061	0.667 (0.210-2.182)	0.514
	Married	73 (75.3)	46 (88.5)	1
Family size	<5	48 (49.5)	27 (51.9)	1.102 (0.562-2.163)	0.777
	≥5	49 (50.5)	25 (48.1)	1