Table 7 Factors associated with practice of health professionals towards podoconiosis treatment
Variables | Category | Ever treated podo cases | COR(95%CI), p-value | AOR (95%CI) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | |||||
Trained on LMMDP | Yes | 9 | 9 | 18 | 9.786(3.59, 26.66), 0.001 | 7.385(2.5, 21.797) | 0.001** |
No | 28 | 274 | 302 | Reference | |||
Total | 37 | 283 | 320 | ||||
Age category | 25–34 | 13 | 189 | 202 | Reference | ||
35–44 | 17 | 89 | 106 | 2.77(1.29, 5.967), 0.009 | 2.115(0.942, 4.75) | 0.07 | |
45 and above | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20.35(5.67, 73.048), 0.001 | 17.345(4.62, 65.119) | 0.001** | |
Total | 37 | 283 | 320 | ||||
Service year | 1–4 | 8 | 121 | 129 | Reference | ||
5–9 | 10 | 116 | 126 | 1.3(0.497, 3.42), 0.59 | 1.065(0.348, 3.257) | 0.912 | |
10 and above | 19 | 46 | 65 | 6.25(2.558, 15.26), 0.001 | 2.976(0.612, 14.46) | 0.176 | |
Total | 37 | 283 | 320 | ||||
Address of health facility | Urban | 19 | 62 | 81 | 3.76(1.86, 7.6), 0.001 | 1.687(0.659, 4.318) | 0.275 |
Rural | 18 | 221 | 239 | Reference | |||
Total | 37 | 283 | 320 | ||||