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. 2012 Nov 8;12:956. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-956

Table 5.

Health-workers attitude and personal (or/and family) use of SP for management of uncomplicated malaria, 2002

Characteristic variable
Category
Children<5: OR (95%CI)
Older children/ adults: OR (95%CI)
Pregnant women: OR (95%CI)
Self use: OR (95%CI)
Own child/family use: OR (95%CI)
  (N=254) Crude OR Adjusted OR Crude OR Adjusted OR Crude OR Adjusted OR Crude OR Adjusted OR Crude OR Adjusted OR
District
K/Ulanga (96)
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
 
Morogoro (73)
1.1
1.5‡
1.1
0.9 ‡
0.5
0.9‡
0.9
1.1‡
0.9
0.7‡
 
 
(0.6-2.0)
(0.6-3.6)
(0.6-2.1)
(0.3-2.2)
(0.3-0.9)
(0.3-2.1)
(0.5-1.8)
(0.5-2.4)
(0.5-1.8)
(0.3-1.6)
 
Rufiji (85)
1.1
1.4‡
1.7
2.0‡
1.4
2.9‡
0.9
0.9‡
1.4
1.3‡
 
 
(0.6-1.9)
(0.7-2.9)
(0.9- 3.3)
(0.9-4.4)
(0.8 -2.6)
(1.3-6.3)
(0.5-1.7)
(0.5- 1.9)
(0.7-2.8)
(0.6-2.7)
Health facility type
Hospitals (93)
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
 
Health Centers (45)
2.8
2.1 Ɨ
3.1
4.9 Ɨ
3.0
2.1 Ɨ
1.2
1.2 Ɨ
1.7
1.8 Ɨ
 
 
(1.4-5.6)
(0.9-4.7)
(1.3-6.9)
(1.7-14.0)
(1.5-6.1)
(0.9-4.9)
(0.6-2.6)
(0.5-2.6)
(0.8-3.6)
(0.6- 2.7)
 
Dispensaries (38)
4.1
2.4 Ɨ
4.3
6.3 Ɨ
3.8
2.3 Ɨ
1.5
1.3 Ɨ
5.4
6.7 Ɨ
 
 
(1.9-8.7)
(0.9-6.1)
(1.6-11.7)
(1.8-22.2)
(1.7-8.4)
(0.8-6.6)
(0.7-3.3)
(0.5-3.4)
(1.8-16.1)
(1.9-23.4)
HF ownership
Public (176)
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
 
Non-public (78)
0.3
0.8 ¥
0.6
0.9 ¥
0.1
0.2¥
0.6
0.7 ¥
0.6
1.2¥
 
 
(0.2-0.6)
(0.4-1.7)
(0.3-1.0)
(0.4-2.1)
(0.09-0.3)
(0.07-0.4)
(0.4-1.1)
(0.3-0.5)
(0.3-1.1)
(0.5-2.7)
Cadre of health worker
Other nurses (118)
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
 
Physicians (6)
-
-
2.0
3.8§
-
-
0.6
0.8§
0.9
1.3§
 
 
 
 
(0.2-17.9)
(0.4-36.4)
 
 
(0.1-3.2)
(0.1-4.5)
(0.2-5.4)
(0.2-8.2)
 
Clinical Officers (51)
0.7
0.8 §
1.2
1.6§
0.5
0.7§
0.6
0.6§
1.3
1.7§
 
 
(0.3-1.3)
(0.4-1.6)
(0.5-2.5)
(0.7-3.6)
(0.3-1.0)
(0.3-1.4)
(0.3-1.2)
(0.3-1.3)
(0.6-2.9)
(0.8-3.7)
 
Trained nurses (70)
0.5
0.8§
0.6
1.2§
0.4
1.0§
0.6
0.8§
0.7
0.9 §
 
 
(0.3-0.9)
(0.4-1.7)
(0.3-1.2)
(0.6-2.4)
(0.2-0.8)
(0.5-2.2)
(0.3-1.2)
(0.4-1.5)
(0.3- 1.2)
(0.5-1.9)
 
Other cadres (9)
0.2
0.1§(0.0
0.2
0.07§
0.3
0.1§
0.5
0.4§
3.8
3.1§
    (0.04-1.2) 3-0.8) (0.05-0.8) (0.02-0.4) (0.07-1.2) (0.02-0.6) (0.1-1.9) (0.1-1.7) (0.4-31.5) (0.3-27.1)

‡Adjusted for type of health facility, health facility ownership and health worker cadre.

Ɨ Adjusted for district, health facility ownership and health worker cadre.

¥ Adjusted for district, type of health facility and health worker cadre.

§ Adjusted for district, type of health facility and health facility ownership.