Table 3.

Logistic regression exploring associations between respondent and child characteristics and emotional distress during VA

Visible emotional distress due to open narrative
Descriptors		aOR* (95% CI)	P value
Open narrative	No	1.00
	Yes	1.20 (0.98 to 1.47)	0.084
Respondent	Mother	1.00
	Father	0.72 (0.49 to 1.07)	0.102
	Grandparent	0.23 (0.13 to 0.39)	<0.001
	Others	0.04 (0.01 to 0.28)	0.001
Child’s age	Neonate	1.00
	Infant	1.42 (1.09 to 1.85)	0.010
	Child under-5	1.21 (0.86 to 1.69)	0.274
Child’s sex	Male	1.00
	Female	0.99 (0.80 to 1.22)	0.920
Location of death	Home	1.00
	Health centre	1.36 (1.04 to 1.77)	0.023
	MDH	0.96 (0.72 to 1.27)	0.753
	En route to hospital	1.49 (1.00 to 2.22)	0.049
	Other	0.38 (0.23 to 0.64)	<0.001
Socioeconomic status by tercile	Tercile 1 (lowest)	1.00
	Tercile 2 (middle)	1.52 (1.17 to 1.97)	0.002
	Tercile 3 (highest)	1.49 (1.13 to 1.95)	0.004
Delay between death and VA (weeks)		0.98 (0.98 to 0.99)	0.002

*All variables presented were included in the adjusted analysis.

aOR, adjusted OR; MDH, Mchinji District Hospital; VA, verbal autopsy.