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Table 6 Factors associated with respiratory infection (RI) healthcare seeking

From: Respiratory illness healthcare-seeking behavior assessment in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos)

Variable

     Seeking care

P-value

OR

95% CI

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

 

 N = 225

 N = 92

   

Male

119 (53)

49 (53)

0.95

1

 

Female

106 (47)

43 (47)

 

1.01

0.6 - 1.6

Lao Loom

136 (60)

7 (8)

<0.001

20.6

9.1 – 46.9

Hmong

11 (5)

2 (2)

0.02

5.8

1.2 – 27.2

Others

78 (35)

83 (90)

 

1

 

Aged < 5

56 (25)

21 (23)

0.55

1.2

0.6 - 2.2

Age 5–14

53 (23)

19 (21)

0.47

1.2

0.6 - 2.3

Age ≥ 15

116 (52)

52 (56)

 

1

 

Vientiane Capital

98 (43)

2 (2)

<0.001

38.4

8.9 – 165.4

Vientiane Province

49 (22)

7 (8)

<0.001

5.4

2.2 – 13.4

Sayabouli

27 (12)

43 (47)

0.02

0.5

0.2 - 0.9

Sekong

51 (23)

40 (43)

 

1

 

Wealth index:

     

- Low

121 (54)

88 (96)

 

1

 

- Moderate

60 (27)

1 (1)

<0.001

43.6

5.9 – 320.8

- High

44 (19)

3 (3)

<0.001

10.6

3.2 – 35.5

Education level of head of household:

     

- Primary school

79 (35)

57 (62)

 

1

 

- Secondary school

113 (50)

33 (36)

0.001

2.4

1.5 – 4.1

- College/university

33 (15)

2 (2)

0.001

11.9

2.7 – 51.6

Disease severity:

     

- Mild

161 (72)

58 (63)

 

1

 

- Moderate

50 (22)

27 (29)

0.15

0.6

0.3 - 1.2

- Severe

14 (6)

7 (8)

0.50

0.7

0.3 - 1.8