Research Article
Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Paraguayan Communities, Patients, and Health Professionals
Table 4
Crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CI and adjusted Wald
values of factors affecting acceptance of public health interventions.
| Risk factor | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR* (95% CI) |
| Insecticide treated bed nets | | |
| Location | | | Urban | 1 | 1 | Peri-urban | 0.39 (0.16–0.97) | 0.29 (0.12–0.68) | Rural | 0.87 (0.44–1.72) | 0.72 (0.38–1.39) | Income | | | 1 minimum salary | 1 | 1 | 1+ minimum salary | 0.45 (0.21–0.95) | 0.39 (0.18–0.82) | No fixed income | 0.75 (0.46–1.21) | 0.79 (0.48–1.29) |
| Insecticide treated dog collars | | |
| Income | | | 1 minimum salary | 1 | 1 | 1+ minimum salary | 0.39 (0.21–0.77) | 0.34 (0.17–0.67) | No fixed income | 0.77 (0.50–1.17) | 0.84 (0.52–1.35) | Education | | | No education and primary school | 1 | 1 | Secondary school | 1.49 (1.07–2.08) | 1.65 (1.15–2.37) | University | 2.24 (0.97–5.18) | 2.56 (1.09–6.01) |
| Environmental clean-up | | |
| Age | | | 14–24 years | 1 | 1 | 25–34 years | 0.86 (0.41–1.79) | 0.82 (0.43–1.58) | 35–44 years | 0.79 (0.42–1.47) | 0.83 (0.39–1.74) | 45–59 years | 0.58 (0.31–1.05) | 0.54 (0.26–1.09) | 60+ | 0.36 (0.17–0.75) | 0.34 (0.13–0.84) | Location | | | Urban | 1 | 1 | Peri-urban | 1.93 (0.72–5.15) | 1.82 (0.72–4.62) | Rural | 2.14 (1.14–3.98) | 2.11 (1.12–3.98) |
| Indoor residual spraying | | |
| Income | | | 1 minimum salary | 1 | 1 | 1+ minimum salary | 0.94 (0.53–1.67) | 0.93 (0.54–1.59) | No fixed income | 0.50 (0.34–0.75) | 0.51 (0.34–0.77) |
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*Each adjusted for the other exposure variables: age, income, sex, house location, education.
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