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Table 3 Caregivers perceived causes of diarrhea and assessment of morbidity, Kersa district, Eastern Ethiopia, 2011

From: Predictors of Oral Rehydration Therapy use among under-five children with diarrhea in Eastern Ethiopia: a community based case control study

Variable

 

Cases

Controls

Total

COR 95%CI

Perceived causes of diarrhea

Teething

Yes

67 (27.8%)

99 (39.1%)

166

0.59 (0.41–0.87)*

 

No

174 (72.2%)

154 (60.9%)

328

1

Evil eye

Yes

17 (7.5%)

25 (9.9%)

42

0.69 (0.36–1.31)

 

No

224 (92.9%)

228 (90.1%)

452

1

Infection/weaning

Yes

83 (34.4%)

59 (23.3%)

152

1.41 (0.93–2.05)

 

No

158 (65.6%)

194 (76.7%)

352

1

No idea about the cause

Yes

74 (30.7%)

70 (27.7%)

144

1.15 (0.78–1.70)

 

No

167 (69.3%)

183 (72.3%)

350

1

Number of signs identified to recognize the severity of diarrhea

none

27 (11.2%)

26 (10.3%)

53

1

 

1

185 (76.8%)

211 (83.4%)

396

0.84 (0.47–1.49)

 

2

29 (12%)

16 (6.3%)

45

1.74 (0.77–3.93)

Number of signs identified to recognize dehydration

none

34 (14.1%)

51(20.2%)

85

1

 

1

193 (80.1%)

185 (73.1%)

378

1.56 (0.97–2.52)

 

=>2

14 (5.8%)

17 (6.7%)

31

1.23 (0.53–2.83)

Type of diarrhea

Non- bloody

29 (12%)

24 (9.5%)

53

1

 

bloody

212 (88%)

229 (90.5%)

441

1.13 (0.73–2.31)