Table 4.
Percentage distribution of selected characteristics of caregivers of children, aged less than six years, with diarrhoea (who used zinc and who used zinc correctly) and odds ratios from multivariate logistic regression models examining association of selected characteristics of caregivers of children, aged less than six years, with diarrhoea (n=289) with use of zinc and correct use of zinc, Nepal, 2008
| Independent variable | Use zinc | Use zinc correctly | Total no. of respondents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | |||
| Characteristics of caregivers | ||||||
| Age of caregiver (mean) | 33 | 0.99 (0.90-1.10) | 41 | 0.91 (0.83-0.98) | 289 | |
| Education of caregiver | ||||||
| No education (ref) | 4.9 | 1.00 | 1.9 | 1.00 | 129 | |
| Primary education | 9.0 | 1.09 (0.87-1.38) | 2.1 | 1.53 (0.22-10.77) | 55 | |
| Secondary education | 31.6 | 2.73 (0.95-7.88) | 19.1 | 5.31 (0.41-68.15) | 99 | |
| Higher than secondary education | 33.6 | 1.76 (1.27-2.44) | 21.6 | 2.46 (0.64-9.41) | 6 | |
| Household wealth quintile | ||||||
| Poorest (ref) | 2.4 | 1.00 | 1.8 | 1.00 | 61 | |
| Middle-poor | 6.6 | 2.33 (1.34-4.05) | 4.2 | 1.39 (0.19-10.37) | 60 | |
| Middle | 8.2 | 1.73 (0.31-9.69) | 1.6 | 0.39 (0.05-3.32) | 58 | |
| Middle-rich | 27.3 | 5.32 (0.99-28.56) | 15.9 | 1.54 (0.13-18.14) | 70 | |
| Richest | 38.0 | 5.76 (5.06-6.55) | 20.5 | 1.59 (0.35-7.25) | 40 | |
| Being in three pilot districts* | ||||||
| In remaining 24 districts (ref) | 4.8 | 1.00 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 220 | |
| In three pilot districts | 10.6 | 2.07 (1.32-3.24) | 0.1 | 0.65 (0.19-2.20) | 63 | |
| Caregiver's exposure tomass-media message† | ||||||
| Not exposed to relevant message about zinc (ref) | 2.9 | 1.00 | 7.1 | 1.00 | 136 | |
| Exposed to relevant message about zinc | 26.5 | 2.13 (1.81-2.51) | 33.3 | 2.02 (1.85-2.19) | 153 | |
| Caregiver's knowledge andbeliefs about zinc‡ | ||||||
| Disagree that zinc is an effective treatment for diarrhoea (ref) | 5.9 | 1.00 | 176 | |||
| Agree that zinc is an effective treatment for diarrhoea | 30.2 | 1.92 (1.07-3.46) | 113 | |||
| Perceive that zinc is not easy to obtain (ref) | 7.6 | 1.00 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 194 | |
| Perceive that zinc is easy to obtain | 31.3 | 2.10 (1.22-3.61) | 16.8 | 1.76 (1.49-2.09) | 95 | |
*Three POUZN pilot districts include Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur. Caregivers in these three districts were exposed for a longer time to zinc-related messages via a radio campaign;
†Zinc-use message refers to any zinc-related message recalled; correct message of use of zinc refers to recalling both messages ‘Zinc should be used with ORS’ and ‘Zinc should be used for at least 10 days’;
‡This variable was not significant in the regression for correct use of zinc; so, it is excluded from the final model.
CI=Confidence interval;
OR=Odds ratio;
ref=Reference group