Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania

Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses of predictors for administration of a recommended antimalarial (SP, amodiaquine or quinine)

	Univariate model*			Multivariate model**
Exposure variable	Crude OR	95% CI	P	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P
Age group
Adult (> 12 years)	1
Child (< 5 years)	1.67	0.66–4.26	0.280
Total number of people in household	0.85	0.73–0.99	0.041	0.79	0.64–0.97	0.021
Place of illness recognition
Home	1			1
Shamba	0.19	0.07–0.51	0.001	0.29	0.08–1.14	0.076
Diarrhoea or vomiting reported
No	1			1
Yes	5.05	1.73–14.74	0.003	3.24	0.85–12.34	0.084
Signs of severe malaria
No
Yes	2.48	0.78–7.88	0.125	3.60	0.73–17.86	0.117
Illness label (self-defined)
Malaria/degedege	1			1
Homa	0.10	0.04–0.29	0.000	0.08	0.02–0.32	< 0.001
First action: Antipyretic
No	1
Yes	0.61	0.17–2.23	0.451
First action: Traditional medicine
No	1			1
Yes	0.24	0.07–0.81	0.022	0.08	0.01–0.48	0.006
Health facility attendance
No	1			1
Yes	4.46	1.69–11.78	0.003	7.69	1.90–31.11	0.004
Antimalarial provider in village ¹
No	1
Yes	2.10	0.67–6.59	0.201
Distance to nearest antimalarial provider (km)*** ^/1	0.01	0.00–0.43	0.017
Study area
Ifakara	1
DSS	0.22	0.05–0.98	0.046

* 137 observations; ** 136 observations; *** 76 observations (DSS only); ¹ Incl. health facilities, drug stores and general shops stocking antimalarials in mid-2004

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