Cross-Sectional Study on Assessment of Frequency of Intestinal Helminth Infections and Its Related Risk Factors among School Children from Adola Town, Ethiopia

Table 5

Bivariate and multivariate analysis association between behavioral and environmental factors with prevalence of IHIs among school children from Adola, Ethiopia.

Categories		Total examined, , (%)	Intestinal helminths		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
			Positive, , (%)	Negative, , (%)
Source of drinking water
	River	68 (16.83)	19 (28)	49 (72)	1	1
	Stream	147 (36.39)	59 (40)	88 (60)	1.172 (0.359-3.824)	2.627 (0.555-12.447)	0.224
	Tap	173 (42.82)	54 (31.2)	119 (68.8)	0.678 (0.224-2.052)	1.594 (0.348-7.306)	0.548
	Earth dam	16 (3.96)	5 (31)	11 (69)	1.002 (0.332-3.024)	2.593 (0.586-11.466)	0.209
Status of water container covered
	Covered	287 (71.04)	92 (32)	195 (68)	1	1
	Uncovered	117 (28.96)	45 (38.5)	72 (61.5)	1.325 (0.847-2.072)	0.888 (0.470-1.678)	0.714
Treatment of water
	Yes	296 (73.27)	92 (31)	204 (69)	1	1
	No	108 (26.73)	45 (41.7)	63 (58.3)	1.584 (1.005-2.496)	1.689 (0.978-2.915)	0.060
Toilet usage habit
	Always	192 (47.52)	57 (30)	135 (70)	1	1
	Sometimes	130 (32.18)	48 (37)	82 (63)	0.339 (0.135-0.850)	1.325 (0.109-2.966)	0.043
	Never	82 (20.30)	32 (39)	50 (61)	0.310 (0.123-0.779)	1.344 (0.117-2.011)	0.052
Hand washing habit
	Yes	283 (70.05)	82 (29)	201 (71)	1	1
	No	121 (29.95)	55 (45.5)	66 (54.5)	2.043 (1.315-3.173)	1.816 (0.992-3.323)	0.049
Hand washing before feeding
	Yes	200 (49.40)	54 (27)	146 (73)	1	1
	No	204 (50.50)	28 (13.72)	176 (86.27)	1.967 (1.302-2.972)	2.324 (1.401-3.858)	0.001
Hand washing after defecation
	Yes	211 (52.33)	61 (28.9)	150 (71.1)	1	1
	No	193 (47.77)	21 (10.88)	172 (89.11)	2.657 (1.684-4.191)	3.330 (1.937-5.728)	0.001
Purpose of hand washing
	Know	255 (63.12)	80 (31.4)	175 (68.6)	1	1
	Unknown	149 (36.88)	57 (38.3)	92 (61.7)	1.355 (0.888-2.069)	1.801 (0.979-3.314)	0.047
	Habit of eating uncooked food or vegetables
	Yes	225 (55.69)	78 (34.6)	147 (65.3)	1	1	0.719
	No	179 (44.31)	59 (32.9)	120 (67)	0.950 (0.643-1.405)	1.079 (0.712-1.635)
Awareness about IHIs
	Yes	205 (50.74)	58 (28.3)	147 (71.7)	1	1
	No	199 (49.26)	79 (40)	120 (60)	1.669 (1.101-2.529)	1.763 (1.046-2.974)	0.033

Statistically significant.