Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Malaria among People Attending Mekaneeyesus Primary Hospital, South Gondar, Northwestern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 7
Multivariate logistic regression analysis of malaria prevalence with KAP.
Variable
(%)
(%)
SE
Crude OR (95% CI)
Adjusted (OR 95% CI)
value
Knowledge score
Poor
52 (13.3)
22 (42.3)
3.29
1.02
59.40 (16.77,210.35)
26.93 (3.67, 197.47)
0.001
Satisfactory
92 (23.6)
8 (8.7)
1.09
0.90
7.71 (2.00, 29.75)
2.97 (0.51, 17.46)
0.228
Gooda
246 (63.1)
3 (1.2)
1.00
1.00
Attitude level
Negative
146 (37.4)
26 (17.8)
0.79
0.82
7.34 (3.09, 17.39)
2.22 (0.44, 11.12)
0.330
Positivea
244 (62.6)
7 (2.9)
1.00
1.00
Practice level
Poor
192 (49.2)
31 (16.1)
2.57
1.35
18.87 (4.45, 80.04)
13.09 (0.93, 183.47)
0.036
Gooda
198 (50.8)
2 (1.0)
1.00
1.00
Note: : total number of study participants; : positive for Plasmodium infection. aReference category; COR: crude odds ratio, sig. at 0.25; AOR: adjusted odds ratio, sig. at .
