Table 4

Demographic and socio-cultural features of children with degedege (n = 135)

HF Use ¹⁾

71.1%

HF AM ²⁾

66.7%

AM not HF ³⁾

10.4%

Estimate

P-Value

Estimate

P-Value

Estimate

P-Value

Demographics

Malaria*

1.14

0.04

1.18

0.03

Homa**

1.44

0.03

HF availability

1.24

0.10

Age

0.43

0.06

Categories of distress

No interest to play

1.16

0.12

2.52

0.00

Not happy

1.55

0.10

Sleeps

-1.37

0.02

-1.05

0.06

No strength

0.52

0.15

Hot abdomen

0.79

0.02

0.56

0.05

Periodic fevers

-2.63

0.03

Cough

1.50

0.01

1.56

0.06

Difficult breathing

0.87

0.04

1.55

0.00

Diarrhoea

0.55

0.14

1.50

0.02

Vomiting

-0.55

0.05

0.72

0.04

Shivering

0.78

0.09

Twitching

1.44

0.00

Body becomes stiff

0.42

0.09

Easily startled

-5.97

0.00

Perceived causes

Impure water

0.82

0.13

Starchy food

-2.41

0.05

Stage of child growth

1.05

0.09

0.81

0.07

Constitution/blood weakness

3.03

0.01

2.95

0.00

Sanitation/dirty environment

1.54

0.00

Personal hygiene/not keeping clean

4.19

0.01

Cold weather

1.39

0.05

Spirits

-1.72

0.03

Failure to abstain from sex (parent)

-2.84

0.03

-1.13

0.17

Bird/insect called degedege

-0.60

0.00

Other mention

-0.55

0.08

Note: Model fitness based on the likelihood ratio (all models with p < 0.0001)

¹⁾ Model outcome: health facility immediate use (HF use) (same day or next day)

²⁾ Model outcome: health facility and antimalarial immediate use (HF AM) (same day or next day)

³⁾ Model outcome: antimalarial immediate use (AM not HF) (same day or next day) not from the health facility

*Illness identified with malaria in illness narratives even though identified primarily with degedege

** Illness identified with homa in illness narratives even though identified primarily with degedege

Dillip et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:144   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-144