Table 2 Factors associated with willingness to use self-testing kit for dengue if the kit were available (N = 2512)
Socio-demographic variables | Willingness to use dengue home test kit | Logistic regression model (N = 2512) OR (95 % CI) for yes vs. no | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Yes (1126) | No (1386) | p | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
Age (years) | |||||
18–30 | 925(36.8) | 458(49.5) | 467(50.5) | 1.32(0.91,1.92) | |
31–45 | 562(22.4) | 238(42.3) | 324(57.7) | 0.011 | 1.03(0.80,1.33) |
46 or above | 1025(40.8) | 430(42.0) | 595(58.0) | 1 | |
Gender | |||||
Male | 717(28.5) | 332(40.3) | 385(53.7) | 0.071 | - |
Female | 1795(64.3) | 794(44.2) | 1001(55.8) | ||
Marital status | |||||
Single | 766(35.7) | 392(51.2) | 374(48.8) | 0.021 | 1.09(0.70,1.43) |
Ever married | 1381(64.3) | 610(44.2) | 771(55.8) | 1 | |
Ethnicity | |||||
Malay | 1394(55.5) | 713(51.1) | 681(48.9) | 0.001 | 0.55(0.33,0.93)* |
Chinese | 771(30.7) | 247(32.0) | 524(68.0) | 0.23(0.13,0.41) | |
Indian | 249(9.9) | 101(40.6) | 148(59.4) | 0.35(0.19,0.64) | |
Others | 98(3.9) | 65(66.3) | 33(33.7) | 1 | |
Religion | |||||
Muslim | 1477(58.8) | 757(51.30) | 720(48.7) | 0.066 | |
Christian | 152(6.1) | 55(36.2) | 97(63.8) | ||
Buddhist | 515(20.5) | 160(32.2) | 349(67.8) | ||
Others | 368(14.6) | 148(40.2) | 220(59.8) | ||
Highest educational level | |||||
Primary school | 396(15.8) | 155(39.1) | 241(60.9) | 0.001 | 0.65(0.43,0.89)* |
Secondary school | 1292(51.4) | 570(44.1) | 722(55.9) | 0.73(0.57,0.90) | |
Tertiary | 824(32.8) | 401(48.7) | 423(51.3) | 1 | |
Occupation | |||||
Skilled worker | 667(26.6) | 299(44.8) | 368(55.2) | 0.051 | - |
Non-skilled worker | 396(15.8) | 169(42.7) | 227(57.3) | - | |
Unemployed | 1449(57.7) | 658(45.4) | 791(54.6) | - | |
Monthly average household income | |||||
≤ RM2000 | 790(31.4) | 380(48.1) | 410(51.9) | 0.071 | - |
> RM2000 | 1722(68.6) | 746(43.3) | 976(56.7) | - | |
Dengue experience | |||||
Yes (once) | 148(5.9) | 77(52) | 71(48.0) | 0.064 | - |
No | 2364(94.1) | 1049(44.4) | 1315(55.6) | - | |
Health beliefs | |||||
Perceived severity of dengue fever | |||||
0–5 | 201(8.0) | 76(37.8) | 125(62.2) | 0.002 | 0.90(0.64,1.27) |
6–10 | 2311(92.0) | 1050(45.4) | 1261(54.6) | 1 | |
Perceived susceptibility to dengue fever | |||||
0–5 | 1793(71.4) | 805(44.9) | 988(55.1) | 0.052 | - |
6–10 | 719(28.6) | 321(44.6) | 398(55.4) | - | |
Perceived barriers to dengue prevention | |||||
0–5 | 2002(79.7) | 878(43.9) | 1124(56.1) | 0.031 | 0.67(0.53,0.85)* |
6–10 | 510(20.3) | 248(48.6) | 262(51.4) | 1 | |
Self-Efficiency | |||||
Agree | 1747(69.5) | 776(44.4) | 971(55.6) | 0.061 | - |
Disagree | 765(31.5) | 350(45.8) | 415(54.2) | ||
Dengue fever knowledge score | |||||
0–22 | 797(31.7) | 310(38.9) | 487(61.6) | 0.001 | 0.75(0.61,0.91)* |
23–44 | 1715(68.3) | 816(47.6) | 899(52.4) | 1 | |