Individual and Community Factors Associated with Household Insecticide-Treated Bednet Usage in the Sunyani West District of Ghana Two Years after Mass Distribution

Table 3

Logistic regression of individual factors and community factors associated with ITN use among household respondents in the Sunyani West district, June 2017.

Factor (ref = no)	Crude odds ratio (OR)	95% confidence interval	Adjusted odds ratio (AOR)	95% confidence interval
Individual factors
Hypersensitivity/burning sensation	0.35	0.222–0.536 ( = 0.001)	1.48	0.694–3.161 ( = 0.310)
Perceived insusceptibility	0.31	0.199–0.491 ( = 0.001)	0.55	0.278–1.084 ( = 0.084)
Receipt of free nets	4.47	2.876–6.944 ( = 0.001)	4.83	2.585–9.035 ( = 0.001)
Use of alternative methods	0.012	0.005–0.029 ( = 0.001)	0.009	0.003–0.026 ( = 0.001)
Community factors
Media exposure	1.97	1.267–3.063 ( = 0.003)	2.18	1.320–3.588 ( = 0.002)
Access to healthcare	0.52	0.299–0.893 ( = 0.018)	0.33	0.180–0.622 ( = 0.001)
Mass distribution	3.10	0.299–0.893 ( = 0.001)	2.9	1.438–5.923 ( = 0.003)
Community classification	1.53	1.016–2.308 ( = 0.042)	1.26	0.821–1.947 ( = 0.286)