Mothers’ health care seeking behavior and associated factors for common childhood illnesses, Northwest Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariable analysis for health care seeking behaviour for common childhood illnesses among mothers/care givers at Aneded District, North West Ethiopia, 2016

Variables		Seek health care		COR(95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)
Variables		Yes	No	COR(95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)
Child age	< 24 months	108	91	1.54 (1.04–2.27)	1.70 (1.08–2.68)*
Child age	> 24 months	92	119	1	1
Sex of child	Male	108	98	1.34 (0.91–1.98)
	Female	92	112	1
Awareness on Childhood illness	yes	173	132	3.79 (2.31–6.20)	3.83 (2.18–6.72)**
Awareness on Childhood illness	No	27	78	1	1
Perceived illness severity	Not sever	125	185	0.2 3 (0.14–0.37)	0.17 (0.09–0.30)**
Perceived illness severity	Sever	75	25	1	1
Dichotomized wealth^***	Poor	109	137	0.64 (0.43–0.95)
	Rich	91	73	1
Mothers’ perception on early treatment regardless of disease type	Yes	170	134	3.21 (1.99–5.19)	3.48 (2.00–6.07)**
	No	30	76	1	1
Distance from heath institution	<= 5 kms	135	124	1.44 (0.96–2.16)
Distance from heath institution	<= 5 kms	135	124	1.44 (0.96–2.16)
	>5kms	65	86	1

*Significant at P < 0.05 **Significant at P < 0.001 ***Poor = quintile 1–3, rich = quintile 4–5

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