Research Article

Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors of Home-Based Management of Diarrhea among Caregivers of Children Attending Under-Five Clinic in Fagita Lekoma District, Awi Zone, Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016

Table 3

Factors associated with practice of home management of diarrhea among caregivers attending under-five clinic in Fagita Lekoma district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.

VariablePracticeCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
GoodPoor

Age
 15–2432 (34.4%)61 (65.6%)1.001.00
 25–3581 (45.3%)98 (54.7%)1.576 (0.937, 2.648)4.091 (1.741, 9.616
 36–4522 (38.6%)35 (61.4%)1.198 (0.605, 2.374)3.639 (1.155, 11.460
 >454 (9.8%)37 (90.2%)0.206 (0.067, 0.630)1.568 (0.343, 7.174)
Marital status
 Married131 (41.1%)188 (58.9%)1.001.00
 Single2 (10.5%)17 (89.5%)0.169 (0.038, 0.743)0.111 (0.013, 0.938
 Widowed1 (10%)9 (90%)0.159 (0.020, 1.274)0.157 (0.012, 2.036)
 Divorced5 (22.7%)17 (77.3%)0.422 (0.152, 1.173)0.120 (0.024, 0.598
Educational status
 Illiterate43 (19.8%)174 (80.2%)0.053 (0.028, 0.098)0.052 (0.017, 0.158
 Primary (1–8)16 (28.6%)40 (71.4%)0.085 (0.039, 0.186)0.143 (0.046, 0.440
 Secondary and above80 (82.3%)17 (17.7%)1.001.00
Occupational status
 Housewife67 (27.7%)175 (72.3%)1.001.00
 Government employee56 (90.3%)6 (9.7%)24.378 (10.033, 59.231)2.392 (0.661, 8.652)
 Private employee3 (25%)9 (75%)0.871 (0.229, 3.314)2.849 (0.352, 23.084)
 Daily laborer5 (14.3%)30 (85.7%)0.435 (0.162, 1.169)0.973 (0.229, 4.128)
 Merchant8 (57.1%)6 (42.9%)3.483 (1.165, 10.413)2.017 (0.512, 7.947)
 Farmer3 (60%)2 (40%)3.917 (0.978, 11.831)1.108 (0.459, 4.691)
Number of children
 1-2104 (44.1%)132 (55.9%)1.001.00
 3-433 (28%)85 (72%)0.493 (0.306, 0.794)1.235 (0.575, 2.653)
 >42 (12.5%)14 (87.5%)0.181 (0.040, 0.816)0.764 (0.127, 4.585)
Information about diarrhea
 No information3 (6.4%)44 (93.6%)0.094 (0.029, 0.308)0.197 (0.057, 0.685
 Have information136 (42.1%)187 (57.9%)1.001.00

NB. Enter method in logistic regression model was used to select the variable; the model was adequate with value 0.984 (Hosmer and Lemeshow test for goodness of fit); indicates significantly associated variables ( value <0.05).