Table 3.

Need/disease and health system-related factors of determinants of delayed treatment-seeking among mothers of under-five children with diarrheal disease visited Debre Markos Town public health facilities, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2020 (n=408)

Variables	Categories	Cases(N=136)		Controls(N=272)
		N	%	N	%
Dehydration status	No dehydration	45	33.1	178	65.4
	Some dehydration	74	54.4	68	25
	Severe dehydration	17	12.5	26	9.6
Self-medication	Yes	27	19.9	19	7
	No	109	80.1	253	93
Tradition medicine	Yes	1	.7	5	1.8
	No	135	99.3	267	98.2
Diarrhea in last 6-month visit	Yes	25	18.4	29	10.7
	No	111	81.6	243	89.3
Types of diarrheas	Blood	21	15.4	71	26.2
	Mucoid	50	36.7	64	23.5
	Watery	65	47.7	137	50.3
Symptoms associated with current diarrhea	Vomit	22	16.1	79	29.0
	Feed poorly	20	14.7	55	20.22
	Fever	17	12.5	26	9.5
	Sunken eyeball	4	2.9	3	1.1
	Restlessness	3	2.2	9	3.3
Client perception on respects of HCP	Good	67	49.2	110	40.4
	Poor	69	50.8	162	59.6

HCP: Health care professionals