Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pediculus Capitis Prevention and Control and Their Predictors among Schoolchildren in Woreta Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Factors associated with knowledge regarding pediculus capitis prevention and control among schoolchildren Woreta, 2018 ().
Variables
Categories
Knowledge
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Good (%)
Poor (%)
Age in years
5 to 8
37 (43.5)
48 (56.5)
1
1
9 to 11
136 (59.1)
94 (40.9)
1.88 (1.14, 3.10)
2.24 (1.10, 4.55)
≥12
63 (72.4)
24 (27.6)
3.41 (1.80, 6.43)
3.84 (1.56, 9.46)
Fathers education
Illiterate
53 (47.7)
58 (52.3)
1
1
Elementary
93 (57.8)
68 (42.2)
1.50 (0.92, 2.43)
1.18 (0.55, 2.56)
Secondary and above
90 (69.2)
40 (30.8)
2.46 (1.45, 4.17)
1.73 (0.65, 4.64)
Mothers education
Illiterate
88 (51.5)
83 (48.5)
1
1
Elementary
99 (61.1)
63 (38.9)
1.48 (0.96, 2.29)
0.80 (0.37, 1.72)
Secondary and above
49 (71)
20 (29)
2.31 (1.27, 4.21)
0.73 (0.24, 2.22)
Number of students per class
40-50
78 (67.2)
38 (32.8)
2.03 (1.12, 3.67)
1.77 (0.76, 4.16)
51-56
62 (51.2)
59 (48.8)
1.05 (0.59, 1.86)
0.68 (0.29, 1.61)
57-58
58 (65.2)
31 (34.8)
1.87 (1.00, 3.50)
0.96 (0.38, 2.45)
59-67
38 (50)
38 (50)
1
1
Family size
≤5
146 (64.3)
81 (35.7)
1.70 (1.14, 2.55)
1.00 (0.56, 1.80)
>5
90 (51.4)
85 (48.6)
1
1
Water accessibility
Yes
13 (46.4)
15 (53.6)
0.59(0.27, 1.27)
0.75 (0.26, 2.16)
No
223 (59.6)
151 (40.4)
1
1
Attitude towards pediculus capitis prevention
Poor
66 (30.3)
152 (69.7)
1
1
Good
170 (92.4)
14 (7.6)
27.96(15.09, 51.82)
16.95 (8.74, 32.88)
Practice towards pediculus capitis prevention
Poor
21 (24.4)
65 (75.6)
1
1
Good
215 (68)
101 (32)
6.59 (3.82, 11.37)
2.93 (1.39, 6.18)
Pediculus capitis infestation
Yes
116 (84.1)
22 (15.9)
1
1
No
120 (45.5)
144 (54.5)
6.33 (3.78, 10.6)
2.25 (1.14, 4.44)
Significant at ,,, Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit () 1 reference.
