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 4

Factors associated with attitude regarding pediculus capitis prevention among schoolchildren Woreta, 2018 ().

Variables	Categories	Attitude		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Good (%)	Poor
Age in years	5 to 8	30 (35.3)	55 (64.7)	1	1
	9 to 11	105 (45.7)	125 (54.3)	1.54 (0.92, 2.58)	1.18 (0.56, 2.46)
	≥12	49 (56.3)	38 (43.7)	2.36 (1.28, 4.37)	1.47 (0.61, 3.57)
Fathers education	Illiterate	35 (31.5)	76 (68.5)	1	1
	Elementary	76 (47.2)	85 (52.8)	1.94 (1.17, 3.22)	1.87 (0.84, 4.17)
	≥secondary	73 (56.2)	57 (43.8)	2.78 (1.64, 4.71)	1.65 (0.61, 4.44)
Mothers education	Illiterate	64 (37.4)	107 (62.6)	1	1
	Elementary	78 (48.1)	84 (51.9)	1.55 (1.00, 2.40)	0.72 (0.34, 1.53)
	≥secondary	42 (60.9)	27 (39.1)	2.6 (1.46, 4.62)	0.90 (0.38, 2.20)
Number of students per class	40-50	56 (48.3)	60 (51.7)	1.49 (0.82, 2.68)	0.78 (0.34, 1.81)
	51-56	51 (42.1)	70 (57.9)	1.18 (0.66, 2.12)	0.92 (0.38, 2.20)
	57-58	48 (53.9)	41 (46.1)	1.90 (1.02, 3.54)	0.96 (0.39, 2.40)
	59-67	29 (38.2)	47 (61.8)	1	1
Family size	≤5	119 (52.4)	108 (47.6)	1.86 (1.25, 2.79)	1.19 (0.67, 2.12)
	>5	65 (37.1)	110 (62.9)	1	1
Knowledge towards pediculus capitis prevention	Poor	14 (8.4)	152 (91.6)	1	1
	Good	170 (72)	66 (28)	27.96 (15.09, 51.82)	17.32 (8.90, 33.72)
Practice towards pediculus capitis prevention	Poor	9 (10.5)	77 (89.5)	1	1
	Good	175 (55.4)	141 (44.6)	10.62 (5.14, 21.93)	4.33 (1.69, 11.09)
pediculus capitis infestation	Yes	81 (30.7)	183 (69.3)	1	1
	No	103 (74.6)	35 (25.4)	6.65 (4.18, 10.58)	2.97 (1.64, 5.36)

Significant at , , , Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit (). COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.