Table 6.
Generalized Estimating Equations analyses of the association between survey period and receipt of ORS and zinc treatment among children with diarrhea in the two-weeks preceding the survey (N = 5416)
| Covariates |
Outcome: ORS treatment |
Outcome: Combined ORS and zinc treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
cOR (95% CI) |
aOR* - no interaction (95% CI) |
aOR* - with interaction (95% CI) |
P-value of aOR with interaction |
cOR (95% CI) |
aOR* - no interaction (95% CI) |
aOR* - with interaction (95% CI) |
P-value of aOR with interaction |
|
|
Survey period | ||||||||
| Baseline |
Ref |
Ref |
Ref |
Ref |
Ref |
Ref |
||
| Midline |
1.79 (1.42, 2.26) |
1.80 (1.37, 2.38) |
1.43 (0.86, 2.35) |
0.164 |
6.52 (4.09, 10.4) |
9.63 (6.1, 15.21) |
5.93 (2.23, 15.81) |
<0.001 |
| Endline |
1.92 (1.53, 2.42) |
1.88 (1.46, 2.43) |
0.89 (0.54, 1.46) |
0.634 |
10.01 (6.34, 15.8) |
15.14 (9.82, 23.34) |
4.24 (1.59, 11.27) |
0.004 |
|
Source of care | ||||||||
| Did not seek care or advice outside the home |
Ref |
Ref |
Ref |
Ref |
Ref |
Ref |
||
| Sought care in public sector |
6.43 (5.09, 8.13) |
6.78 (5.21, 8.84) |
3.44 (2.04, 5.8) |
<0.001 |
5.79 (4.29, 7.82) |
5.78 (4.22, 7.92) |
2.64 (0.84, 8.29) |
0.097 |
| Sought care in private sector |
2.90 (2.37, 3.53) |
3.26 (2.6, 4.09) |
2.15 (1.26, 3.65) |
0.005 |
2.90 (2.14, 3.94) |
2.70 (1.97, 3.69) |
0.83 (0.27, 2.57) |
0.745 |
| Sought care in other place |
0.85 (0.5, 1.45) |
0.84 (0.47, 1.48) |
0.45 (0.14, 1.46) |
0.185 |
0.75 (0.36, 1.55) |
0.61 (0.27, 1.36) |
1.50 (0.65, 3.48) |
0.340 |
| Sought care from multiple sectors |
5.23 (3.59, 7.62) |
6.34 (4.01, 10.01) |
6.01 (3.13, 11.54) |
<0.001 |
6.45 (4.1, 10.13) |
6.36 (3.82, 10.6) |
2.18 (0.55, 8.7) |
0.268 |
|
Baseline vs endline | ||||||||
| Did not seek care or advice outside the home |
Ref |
Ref |
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| Sought care in public sector |
4.49 (2.21, 9.11) |
<0.001 |
3.94 (1.16, 13.41) |
0.028 |
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| Sought care in private sector |
2.43 (1.31, 4.52) |
0.005 |
5.64 (1.67, 19.09) |
0.005 |
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| Sought care in other place |
3.40 (0.84, 13.84) |
0.087 |
1.00 (0, 0) |
<0.001 |
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| Sought care from multiple sectors | 1.38 (0.52, 3.61) | 0.518 | 4.42 (0.94, 20.65) | 0.059 | ||||
ORS – oral rehydration solution, cOR – crude odds ratio, aOR – adjusted odds ratio
*All multivariable analyses adjusted for the above–listed variables and: sex of child; age of child; sex of the caregiver, age of the caregiver, any level of schooling for the caregiver, urban/rural household, size of household, household access to improved water source, state, and household wealth status.