Table 2:
Independent variables relationship with the timeliness of reporting from the first level to the second level of health services (house or base health care center to the township center) by using the Chi-square test and the Log Rank
| Variable | Categories | Case finding form (n=80) | Treatment form (n=80) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported within one day (n= 70) | Reported longer than a day (n=10) | Total n =80 | P-Value† | Median | 95% Confidence interval | Statistics‡ | ||
| Total reporting time | - | 70(87.5) | 10 (12.5) | 80 | - | 2 | 1.1 to 2.9 | - |
| Province | Sistan& Balouchestan | 32 (86.5) | 5 (13.5) | 37 | 0.43 | 2 | 1.4 to 2.6 | χ2= 0.62 df= 1 P= 0.43 |
| Hormozgan | 34 (87.2) | 5 (12.8) | 39 | 3 | 2.1 to 3.9 | |||
| Kerman | 4 (100) | 0 (0) | 4 | 8 | - | |||
| Khuzestan | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Local malaria transmission | High | 50 (87.7) | 7 (12.3) | 57 | 1 | 3 | 2.1 to 3.9 | χ2=0.66 df=1 P=0.42 |
| Low | 20 (87) | 3 (13) | 23 | 1 | 0.2 to 1.8 | |||
| Population covered by first level of health care | 650<= | 33 (84.6) | 6 (15.4) | 39 | 0.74 | 2 | 0.9 to 3.1 | χ2 =3.46 df= 1 P= 0.06 |
| 650> | 33 (89.2) | 4 (10.8) | 37 | 3 | 1.6 to 4.4 | |||
| Distance of first level from the second (Km) | 25<= | 39 (92.9) | 3 (7.1) | 42 | 0.18 | 2 | 0.9 to 3.1 | χ2= 2.87 df= 1 P= 0.09 |
| 25> | 30 (81.1) | 7 (18.9) | 37 | 2 | 0.5 to 3.5 | |||
| Case finding type | Active | 43 (89.6) | 5 (10.4) | 48 | 0.51 | 3 | 1.7 to 4.3 | χ2 = 4.12 df= 1 P= 0.04 |
| Passive | 27 (84.4) | 5 (15.6) | 32 | 2 | 1.4 to 2.6 | |||
| Parasite type | vivax | 67 (87) | 10 (13) | 77 | 1 | 2 | 1.1 to 2.9 | - |
| falciparum | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 3 | - | - | |||
| PHC coverage ratio (%) | 90<= | 30 (81.1) | 7 (18.9) | 37 | 0.73 | 2 | 0.9 to 3.1 | χ2= 0.34 df= 1 P= 0.56 |
| 90> | 20 (87) | 3 (13) | 23 | 1 | 0.2 to 1.8 | |||
†
Chi-Square test has been performed/
‡
Log-Rank test has been performed