Treatment Outcome of Severe Malaria and Associated Factors among Adults Admitted in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Nation Nationality and People’s Region, Ethiopia
Table 6
Death risk factor associated with severe malaria among adults admitted in Arba Minch General Hospital from September 2015 to August 2018, .
Variable
Category
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes
4.169 (1.655-10.503)
2.776 (0.825-9.339)
No
1
1
Place of residency based on transmission rate
Low transmission
1
1
High transmission
3.465 (1.080-11.119)
0.265 (0.058-1.218)
Time before admission >5 days
Yes
6.939 (2.574-18.703)
2.231 (0.643-7.744)
No
1
1
Impaired consciousness
Yes
7.857 (3.167-19.494)
4.175 (1.265-13.782)
No
1
1
Acidosis
Yes
5.074 (1.699-15.155)
5.735 (1.339-24.554)
No
1
1
Shock
Yes
3.444 (0.923-12.850)
0.921 (0.159-5.351)
No
1
1
Hyperparasitaemia
Yes
0.390 (0.149-1.018)
0.370 (0.114-1.204)
No
1
1
Treatment taken
Artesunate
1
1
Quinine
2.537 (0.946-6.808)
2.573 (0.741-8.929)
Is there any other associated disease?
Yes
10.406 (4.184-25.880)
13.163 (4.168-41.575)
No
1
1
Note: indicates significant at value < 0.05. COD: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio.
