Determinants of Health Seeking Behavior among Caregivers of Infants Admitted with Acute Childhood Illnesses at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Table 5

Relationship between accessibility/satisfaction and health seeking among respondents.

Variables	Immediate health seeking		No immediate health seeking		OR	95 CI		p value
	n		N			Lower	Upper
Any health facility near where you live
Yes	70	55.1	57	44.9	Ref
No	0	0.0	3	100.0	UD	UD	UD	0.096
Type of health facility near where you live
Dispensary	16	55.2	13	44.8	1.44	0.50	4.16	0.505
Health center	34	59.6	23	40.4	1.73	0.68	4.39	0.253
Hospital (Sub-county, county and national referral)	8	53.3	7	46.7	1.33	0.37	4.77	0.658
Private clinic	12	46.2	14	53.8	Ref
Distance of the nearest health facility
Less than 1km	50	61.0	32	39.0	2.14	1.02	4.48	0.042
More than 2kms	19	42.2	26	57.8	Ref
Rating the services offered in health facility
Excellent	30	65.2	16	34.8	3.75	1.49	9.42	0.005
Satisfactory	28	58.3	20	41.7	2.80	1.14	6.89	0.025
Not satisfactory	12	33.3	24	66.7	Ref

Significant at p<0.05 bolded; OR= odds ratio; CI= confidence interval; Ref = reference; UD= undefined.