Research Article

Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors of Home-Based Management of Diarrhea among Caregivers of Children Attending Under-Five Clinic in Fagita Lekoma District, Awi Zone, Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016

Table 2

Factors associated with knowledge in home management of diarrhea among caregivers attending under-five clinic in Fagita Lekoma district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.

VariableLevel of knowledgeCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
AdequateInadequate

Age
 15–2453 (57%)40 (43%)4.711 (2.022, 10.976)1.253 (0.364, 4.319)
 25–35115 (64.2%)64 (35.8%)6.389 (2.870, 14.221)2.740 (1.000, 7.502)
 36–4531 (54.4%)26 (45.6%)4.239 (1.715, 10.476)1.950 (0.678, 5.606)
 >459 (22%)32 (78%)1.001.00
Marital status
 Married190 (59.6%)129 (40.4%)1.001.00
 Single6 (31.6%)13 (68.4%)0.313 (0.116, 0.846)0.548 (0.104, 2.893)
 Widowed2 (20%)8 (80%)0.170 (0.035, 0.812)0.498 (0.054, 4.580)
 Divorced10 (45.5%)12 (54.5%)0.566 (0.237, 1.348)0.685 (0.169, 2.768)
Educational status
 Illiterate87 (40.1%)130 (59.9%)1.001.00
 Primary (1–8)32 (57.1%)24 (42.9%)1.992 (1.099, 3.612)5.384 (2.008, 14.435
 Secondary and above89 (91.6%)8 (8.4%)16.624 (7.676, 36)11.769 (3.527, 39.275
Occupational status
 Housewife123 (50.8%)119 (49.2%)1.001.00
 Government 61 (98.4%)1 (1.6%)59.016 (8.051, 432.587)5.037 (0.516, 49.207)
 Private employee5 (41.7%)7 (58.3%)0.691 (0.213, 2.238)0.245 (0.036, 1.680)
 Daily laborer10 (28.6%)25 (71.4%)0.387 (0.178, 0.840)0.208 (0.054, 0.810
 Merchant9 (64.3%)5 (35.7%)1.741 (0.567, 5.347)0.441 (0.113, 1.728)
 Farmer2 (40%)3 (60%)0.644 (0.243, 3.952)0.379 (0.186, 1.962)
Number of children
 1-2149 (63.1%)87 (36.9%)1.001.00
 3-455 (46.6%)63 (53.4%)0.510 (0.326, 0.798)1.141 (0.560, 2.322)
 >44 (25%)12 (75%)0.195 (0.061, 0.622)0.609 (0.138, 2.688)
Information about diarrhea
 No information6 (12.8%)41 (87.2%)0.088 (0.036, 0.213)0.139 (0.054, 0.354
 Have information202 (62.5%)121 (37.5%)1.001.00

NB. (employee), enter method in logistic regression model was used to select the variable; the model was adequate with value 0.830 (Hosmer and Lemeshow test for goodness of fit); indicates significantly associated variables ( value <0.05).