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 3
Factors associated with practice of home management of diarrhea among caregivers attending under-five clinic in Fagita Lekoma district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.
Variable
Practice
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Good
Poor
Age
15–24
32 (34.4%)
61 (65.6%)
1.00
1.00
25–35
81 (45.3%)
98 (54.7%)
1.576 (0.937, 2.648)
4.091 (1.741, 9.616
36–45
22 (38.6%)
35 (61.4%)
1.198 (0.605, 2.374)
3.639 (1.155, 11.460
>45
4 (9.8%)
37 (90.2%)
0.206 (0.067, 0.630)
1.568 (0.343, 7.174)
Marital status
Married
131 (41.1%)
188 (58.9%)
1.00
1.00
Single
2 (10.5%)
17 (89.5%)
0.169 (0.038, 0.743)
0.111 (0.013, 0.938
Widowed
1 (10%)
9 (90%)
0.159 (0.020, 1.274)
0.157 (0.012, 2.036)
Divorced
5 (22.7%)
17 (77.3%)
0.422 (0.152, 1.173)
0.120 (0.024, 0.598
Educational status
Illiterate
43 (19.8%)
174 (80.2%)
0.053 (0.028, 0.098)
0.052 (0.017, 0.158
Primary (1–8)
16 (28.6%)
40 (71.4%)
0.085 (0.039, 0.186)
0.143 (0.046, 0.440
Secondary and above
80 (82.3%)
17 (17.7%)
1.00
1.00
Occupational status
Housewife
67 (27.7%)
175 (72.3%)
1.00
1.00
Government employee
56 (90.3%)
6 (9.7%)
24.378 (10.033, 59.231)
2.392 (0.661, 8.652)
Private employee
3 (25%)
9 (75%)
0.871 (0.229, 3.314)
2.849 (0.352, 23.084)
Daily laborer
5 (14.3%)
30 (85.7%)
0.435 (0.162, 1.169)
0.973 (0.229, 4.128)
Merchant
8 (57.1%)
6 (42.9%)
3.483 (1.165, 10.413)
2.017 (0.512, 7.947)
Farmer
3 (60%)
2 (40%)
3.917 (0.978, 11.831)
1.108 (0.459, 4.691)
Number of children
1-2
104 (44.1%)
132 (55.9%)
1.00
1.00
3-4
33 (28%)
85 (72%)
0.493 (0.306, 0.794)
1.235 (0.575, 2.653)
>4
2 (12.5%)
14 (87.5%)
0.181 (0.040, 0.816)
0.764 (0.127, 4.585)
Information about diarrhea
No information
3 (6.4%)
44 (93.6%)
0.094 (0.029, 0.308)
0.197 (0.057, 0.685
Have information
136 (42.1%)
187 (57.9%)
1.00
1.00
NB. Enter method in logistic regression model was used to select the variable; the model was adequate with value 0.984 (Hosmer and Lemeshow test for goodness of fit); indicates significantly associated variables ( value <0.05).
