Table 6.
Factors associated with respiratory infection (RI) healthcare seeking
|
Variable |
Seeking care |
P-value |
OR |
95% CI |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
||||
| N = 225 | N = 92 | ||||
| Male |
119 (53) |
49 (53) |
0.95 |
1 |
|
| Female |
106 (47) |
43 (47) |
|
1.01 |
0.6 - 1.6 |
| Lao Loom |
136 (60) |
7 (8) |
<0.001 |
20.6 |
9.1 – 46.9 |
| Hmong |
11 (5) |
2 (2) |
0.02 |
5.8 |
1.2 – 27.2 |
| Others |
78 (35) |
83 (90) |
|
1 |
|
| Aged < 5 |
56 (25) |
21 (23) |
0.55 |
1.2 |
0.6 - 2.2 |
| Age 5–14 |
53 (23) |
19 (21) |
0.47 |
1.2 |
0.6 - 2.3 |
| Age ≥ 15 |
116 (52) |
52 (56) |
|
1 |
|
| Vientiane Capital |
98 (43) |
2 (2) |
<0.001 |
38.4 |
8.9 – 165.4 |
| Vientiane Province |
49 (22) |
7 (8) |
<0.001 |
5.4 |
2.2 – 13.4 |
| Sayabouli |
27 (12) |
43 (47) |
0.02 |
0.5 |
0.2 - 0.9 |
| Sekong |
51 (23) |
40 (43) |
|
1 |
|
| Wealth index: |
|
|
|
|
|
| - Low |
121 (54) |
88 (96) |
|
1 |
|
| - Moderate |
60 (27) |
1 (1) |
<0.001 |
43.6 |
5.9 – 320.8 |
| - High |
44 (19) |
3 (3) |
<0.001 |
10.6 |
3.2 – 35.5 |
| Education level of head of household: |
|
|
|
|
|
| - Primary school |
79 (35) |
57 (62) |
|
1 |
|
| - Secondary school |
113 (50) |
33 (36) |
0.001 |
2.4 |
1.5 – 4.1 |
| - College/university |
33 (15) |
2 (2) |
0.001 |
11.9 |
2.7 – 51.6 |
| Disease severity: |
|
|
|
|
|
| - Mild |
161 (72) |
58 (63) |
|
1 |
|
| - Moderate |
50 (22) |
27 (29) |
0.15 |
0.6 |
0.3 - 1.2 |
| - Severe | 14 (6) | 7 (8) | 0.50 | 0.7 | 0.3 - 1.8 |