Prevalence of selected intestinal protozoan infections in marginalized rural communities in Palestine

Al-Jawabreh, Amer; Ereqat, Suheir; Dumaidi, Kamal; Al-Jawabreh, Hanan; Abdeen, Ziad; Nasereddin, Abdelmajeed

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-8024-2

BMC Public Health

Table 4 The major domains of risk factors associated with the study group acquiring parasitic infections: demography; socioeconomic status (SES); hygiene and behavior

From: Prevalence of selected intestinal protozoan infections in marginalized rural communities in Palestine

Test
Variable	Category	Positive	Negative	Total	COR (CI 95%)	P-value	AOR (CI 95%)	P-value
Demography
Sex	Male	24	20	44	1.8 (0.82–3.95)	0.07	0.42(0.15–1.22)	0.11
	Female	24	36	60
	Total	48	56	104
Age	< 14 yrs	32	27	59	2.61(1.05–6.45)*	0.038*	0.36(0.11–1.12)	0.07
	> 14 yrs	10	22	32
	Total	42	49	91
Size of family	< 7	2	7	9	0.3 (0.06–1.5)	0.15	1.37(0.15–11.8)	0.77
	≥7	41	43	84
	Total	34	50	101
SES
Level of education, HOH	< 12 yrs	35	42	77	0.83 (0.33–2.09)	0.35	0.71(0.09–2.51)	0.75
	> 12 yrs	12	12	24
	Total	47	54	101
Level of education, mother	< 12 yrs	19	68	87	0.85 (0.28–2.63)	0.39	0.51(0.03–6.76)	0.61
	> 12 yrs	2	12	14
	Total	21	80	101
Monthly income	< 2000	26	45	71	0.47 (0.17–1.29)	0.16	22.7(1.5–337)	0.023**
	> 2000	11	9	20
	Total	37	54	91
Meat consumption	<= 1 /wks	19	21	40	1.07 (0.48–2.37)	0.44	0.74(0.15–3.57)	0.71
	2 > 1 /wks	28	33	61
	TOTAL	47	54	101
Hygiene and Behavior
Toilette, type	Pit	30	29	59	1.52 (0.68–3.39)	0.16	0.73(0.13–4.1)	0.72
	Flush	17	25	42
	TOTAL	47	54	101
Wash hand before meal	Always	12	13	25	1.21 (0.48–3.04)	0.35	–	–
	Sometimes	29	38	67
	Total	41	51	92
Wash hands after toilette	Always	17	17	34	1.42 (0.60–3.32)	0.22	–	–
	Sometimes	24	34	58
	Total	41	51	92
Rats/mice in house	Yes	23	23	46	1.35 (0.61–2.97)	0.23	1.23(0.29–5)	0.77
	No	23	31	54
	Total	46	54	100
Source of drinking water	tap in house	39	51	90	0.27 (0.07–1.15)	0.08	0.17(0.01–2.1)	0.18
	tap in yard	8	3	11
	Total	47	54	101
Beatles in house	Yes	38	71	79	1.33 (0.51–3.49)	0.28	0.56(0.34–126)	0.21
	No	9	13	22
	Total	47	54	101
Dirty nails	Yes	17	21	38	0.91 (0.41–2.03)	0.42	0.30(0.03–2.5)	0.27
	No	31	35	66
	Total	48	56	104
Wear shoes in yard	Yes	8	6	14	1.93 (0.59–6.37)	0.15	–	–
	No	22	32	54
	Total	30	38	68
Eat raw vegetables	Always	45	53	98	0.87 (0.04–4.84)	0.45	0.55(0.01–18)	0.74
	Sometimes	2	1	3
	Total	47	54	101

* Significant by crude odds ratio (COR) with Mid-P test at P value ≤0.05 ** significant by adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with multivariate logistic regression model at P-value ≤0.05: HOH, Head of Household; SES, Socioeconomic Status; COR, Crude Odds Ratio; AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio

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