Table 4.

Results from multivariate regression analyses with demographic, socioeconomic, home care practices, and clinical indicators as predictors of healthcare seeking among caretakers of children with diarrhea

	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	P value
Knowledge of lethargy as a sign of dehydration	0.39 (0.18–0.85)	0.02
Presence of more than six stools per day	2.29 (1.03–5.09)	0.04
Presence of fever	2.67 (1.27–5.59)	0.01
Presence of lethargy	4.14 (1.45–11.77)	0.01
Antibiotics given at home	0.29 (0.11–0.82)	0.02
Difficult to seek care, because cost of treatment is too high	0.28 (0.1–0.78)	0.01