Research Article
Performance of Laboratory Professionals Working on Malaria Microscopy in Tigray, North Ethiopia
Table 4
Multivariate analysis of malaria diagnosis using light microscopy in Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2016.
| Characteristics | | (%) | Distributed slides ( = 276) | value | AOR (95% CI) | Correct (%) | Incorrect (%) |
| Gender | Male | 32 (69.6) | 144 (66.7) | 72 (33.3) | 0.33 | 2.0 (0.1–2.1) | Female | 14 (30.4) | 30 (50.0) | 30 (50.0) | Age (in years) | 20–30 | 31 (67.4) | 42 (46.7) | 48 (53.3) | 0.11 | 0.4 (0.1–1.3) | 31–50 | 15 (32.6) | 132 (71.0) | 54 (29.0) | Educational level | Diploma | 20 (43.5) | 42 (41.2) | 60 (58.8) | 0.25 | 2.0 (0.6–6.8) | Degree | 26 (56.5) | 102 (58.6) | 72 (41.4) | Work experience (in years) | 1–10 | 39 (84.8) | 144 (60.0) | 96 (40) | 0.56 | 3.3 (0.4–31.3) | 11–25 | 7 (15.2) | 30 (83.3) | 6 (16.7) | Participation in epidemic investigation | Yes | 27 (58.7) | 120 (76.9) | 36 (23.1) | 0.026 | 4.1 (1.1–14.5) | No | 19 (41.3) | 54 (45.0) | 66 (55.0) | Participation in refresher training | Yes | 18 (39.1) | 84 (87.5) | 12 (12.5) | 0.012 | 7 (1.5–36.3) | No | 28 (60.9) | 90 (50.0) | 90 (50.0) | Average time | 1–20 | 40 (87) | 108 (60.0) | 72 (40.0) | 0.071 | 1.5 (04–5.3) | 21–40 | 6 (13) | 66 (68.6) | 30 (31.3) |
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