Table 4.
Bivariate analysis of factors associated with IPIs among students from Yadot primary school, Delo-Mena district, South Eastern Ethiopia, 2013
| Risk factors | Total (%) | Positive No. (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | P- value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habit of hand washing before meal | Always | 320 (94.1) | 82 (25.6) | 1.56[0.60-4.05] | 0.358 |
| Sometimes | 20 (5.9) | 7 (35.0) | 1 | ||
| Reason of washing hands before meal | Known | 279 (82.1) | 55 (19.7) | 5.13[2.86-9.21] | <0.001 |
| Not known | 61 (17.9) | 34 (55.7) | 1 | ||
| Eat raw or undercooked or unwashed vegetables | Yes | 162 (47.6) | 55 (34.0) | 0.46[0.28-0.754] | 0.002 |
| No | 178 (52.4) | 34 (19.1) | 1 | ||
| Latrine availability at home | Yes | 322 (94.7) | 84 (26.1) | 1.09[0.38-3.15] | 0.874 |
| No | 18 (5.3) | 5 (27.8) | 1 | ||
| Habit of latrine usage | Always | 272 (80.0) | 60 (22.1) | 5.10[2.08-12.52] | 0.001 |
| Sometimes | 46 (13.5) | 16 (34.8) | 2.71[0.95-7.69] | <0.001 | |
| Not at all | 22 (6.5) | 13 (59.1) | 1 | ||
| Types of latrine used | Individual | 288 (84.7) | 68 (23.6) | 2.42[0.78-7.54] | 0.014 |
| Public | 29 (8.5) | 9 (31.0) | 3.53[1.49-8.36] | 0.004 | |
| Open field | 23 (6.8) | 12 (52.2) | 1 | ||
| Habit of finger nail trimming regularly | Yes | 214 (62.8) | 46 (21.5) | 1.89[1.16-3.09] | 0.011 |
| No | 126 (37.1) | 43 (34.1) | 1 | ||
| Water contact activities | Yes | 215 (63.2) | 67 (31.2) | 0.47[0.27-0.81] | 0.007 |
| No | 125 (36.8) | 22 (17.6) | 1 | ||
| Dirty materials in the right hand fingers | Present | 167 (49.1) | 43 (25.7) | 1.04[0.64-1.69] | 0.860 |
| Absent | 173 (50.9) | 46 (26.6) | 1 | ||
| Protective shoe | Present | 265 (77.9) | 49 (18.5) | 5.04[2.91-8.73] | <0.001 |
| Absent | 75 (22.1) | 40 (53.3) | 1 | ||
| Personal hygiene | Good | 233 (68.5) | 59 (25.3) | 1.15[0.68-1.92] | 0.597 |
| Poor | 107 (31.5) | 30 (28.0) | 1 | ||