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Table 5 Health-workers attitude and personal (or/and family) use of SP for management of uncomplicated malaria, 2002

From: Do health workers’ preferences influence their practices? Assessment of providers’ attitude and personal use of new treatment recommendations for management of uncomplicated malaria, Tanzania

Characteristic variable

Category

Children<5: OR (95%CI)

Older children/ adults: OR (95%CI)

Pregnant women: OR (95%CI)

Self use: OR (95%CI)

Own child/family use: OR (95%CI)

 

(N=254)

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

District

K/Ulanga (96)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 

Morogoro (73)

1.1

1.5‡

1.1

0.9 ‡

0.5

0.9‡

0.9

1.1‡

0.9

0.7‡

  

(0.6-2.0)

(0.6-3.6)

(0.6-2.1)

(0.3-2.2)

(0.3-0.9)

(0.3-2.1)

(0.5-1.8)

(0.5-2.4)

(0.5-1.8)

(0.3-1.6)

 

Rufiji (85)

1.1

1.4‡

1.7

2.0‡

1.4

2.9‡

0.9

0.9‡

1.4

1.3‡

  

(0.6-1.9)

(0.7-2.9)

(0.9- 3.3)

(0.9-4.4)

(0.8 -2.6)

(1.3-6.3)

(0.5-1.7)

(0.5- 1.9)

(0.7-2.8)

(0.6-2.7)

Health facility type

Hospitals (93)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 

Health Centers (45)

2.8

2.1 Ɨ

3.1

4.9 Ɨ

3.0

2.1 Ɨ

1.2

1.2 Ɨ

1.7

1.8 Ɨ

  

(1.4-5.6)

(0.9-4.7)

(1.3-6.9)

(1.7-14.0)

(1.5-6.1)

(0.9-4.9)

(0.6-2.6)

(0.5-2.6)

(0.8-3.6)

(0.6- 2.7)

 

Dispensaries (38)

4.1

2.4 Ɨ

4.3

6.3 Ɨ

3.8

2.3 Ɨ

1.5

1.3 Ɨ

5.4

6.7 Ɨ

  

(1.9-8.7)

(0.9-6.1)

(1.6-11.7)

(1.8-22.2)

(1.7-8.4)

(0.8-6.6)

(0.7-3.3)

(0.5-3.4)

(1.8-16.1)

(1.9-23.4)

HF ownership

Public (176)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 

Non-public (78)

0.3

0.8 ¥

0.6

0.9 ¥

0.1

0.2¥

0.6

0.7 ¥

0.6

1.2¥

  

(0.2-0.6)

(0.4-1.7)

(0.3-1.0)

(0.4-2.1)

(0.09-0.3)

(0.07-0.4)

(0.4-1.1)

(0.3-0.5)

(0.3-1.1)

(0.5-2.7)

Cadre of health worker

Other nurses (118)

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 

Physicians (6)

-

-

2.0

3.8§

-

-

0.6

0.8§

0.9

1.3§

    

(0.2-17.9)

(0.4-36.4)

  

(0.1-3.2)

(0.1-4.5)

(0.2-5.4)

(0.2-8.2)

 

Clinical Officers (51)

0.7

0.8 §

1.2

1.6§

0.5

0.7§

0.6

0.6§

1.3

1.7§

  

(0.3-1.3)

(0.4-1.6)

(0.5-2.5)

(0.7-3.6)

(0.3-1.0)

(0.3-1.4)

(0.3-1.2)

(0.3-1.3)

(0.6-2.9)

(0.8-3.7)

 

Trained nurses (70)

0.5

0.8§

0.6

1.2§

0.4

1.0§

0.6

0.8§

0.7

0.9 §

  

(0.3-0.9)

(0.4-1.7)

(0.3-1.2)

(0.6-2.4)

(0.2-0.8)

(0.5-2.2)

(0.3-1.2)

(0.4-1.5)

(0.3- 1.2)

(0.5-1.9)

 

Other cadres (9)

0.2

0.1§(0.0

0.2

0.07§

0.3

0.1§

0.5

0.4§

3.8

3.1§

  

(0.04-1.2)

3-0.8)

(0.05-0.8)

(0.02-0.4)

(0.07-1.2)

(0.02-0.6)

(0.1-1.9)

(0.1-1.7)

(0.4-31.5)

(0.3-27.1)

  1. ‡Adjusted for type of health facility, health facility ownership and health worker cadre.
  2. Ɨ Adjusted for district, health facility ownership and health worker cadre.
  3. ¥ Adjusted for district, type of health facility and health worker cadre.
  4. § Adjusted for district, type of health facility and health facility ownership.