Impact of the health education and preventive equipment package (HEPEP) on prevention of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among rural communities in Northeast Thailand: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Effect of the health education and protective equipment package on prevalence of S. stercoralis infection at three-month assessment using a generalized estimating equation (GEE)

Outcome variable	Unadjusted	Adjusted
Outcome variable	cOR (95% CI)	aOR^a (95% CI)
S. stercoralis prevalence	0.40 (0.18 to 0.89)^**	0.59 (0.41 to 0.85)^**

Remark: ^aOdds ratios adjusted for sex, age, education level, occupation, household income ($), underlying diseases, history of larva currens, presence of a pet in the house, direct contact with soil, use of animal fertilizer, and baseline S. stercoralis prevalence
**Statistically significant difference, P-value < 0.05

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