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 5
Factors associated with pediculus capitis prevention practice among schoolchildren Woreta, 2018 ().
Variables
Categories
Practice
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Good (%)
Poor (%)
Grade level
Grade 1
76 (76.8)
23 (23.2)
1
1
Grade 2
66 (66.7)
33 (33.3)
0.61 (0.32, 1.13)
0.32 (0.13, 0.76)
Grade 3
79 (79)
21(21)
1.14 (0.58, 2.23)
0.62 (0.25, 1.52)
Grade 4
95 (91.3)
9 (8.7)
3.19 (1.40, 7.31)
0.57 (0.18, 1.80)
Fathers education
Illiterate
72 (64.9)
39 (35.1)
1
1
Elementary
125 (77.6)
36 (22.4)
1.88 (1.10, 3.22)
0.92 (0.43, 1.98)
Secondary and above
119 (91.5)
11 (8.5)
5.86 (2.82, 12.16)
1.46 (0.47, 4.50)
Mothers education
Illiterate
113 (66.1)
58 (33.9)
1
1
Elementary
137 (84.6)
25 (15.4)
2.81 (1.65, 4.78)
1.29 (0.56, 2.92)
≥secondary
66 (95.7)
3 (4.3)
11.29 (3.40, 37.47)
5.36 (0.98, 29.36)
Number of students per class
40-50
92 (79.3)
24 (20.7)
2.94 (1.55, 5.57)
2.20 (0.90, 5.38)
51-56
99 (81.8)
22 (18.2)
3.45 (1.81, 6.60)
4.61 (1.83, 11.67)
57-58
82 (92.1)
7 (7.9)
8.99 (3.67, 22.01)
8.18 (2.73, 24.46)
59-67
43 (36.6)
33 (43.4)
1
1
Family size
≤5
197 (86.8)
30 (13.2)
3.09 (1.88, 5.09)
2.37 (1.24, 4.54)
>5
119 (68)
56 (32)
1
1
Knowledge towards pediculus capitis prevention
Poor
101 (60.8)
65 (39.2)
1
1
Good
215 (91.1)
21 (8.9)
6.56 (3.82, 11.37)
2.93 (1.32, 6.50)
Attitude towards pediculus capitis prevention
Poor
141 (64.7)
77 (35.3)
1
1
Good
175 (95.1)
9 (4.9)
10.62 (5.14,21.93)
4.24 (1.60, 11.23)
Pediculus capitis infestation
Yes
184 (69.7)
80 (30.3)
1
1
No
132 (95.7)
6 (4.3)
9.56 (4.05, 22.57)
3.52 (1.22, 10.15)
Significant at ,,, Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit () 1 reference.
