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Table 6 Bi-variable and Multivariable analysis of IPI among mentally disabled and non-disabled students in Bahir Dar City, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

From: Intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among mentally disabled and non-disabled primary school students, Bahir Dar, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2018: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variables

Category

IPI

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

Yes, N (%)

No, N (%)

Mental disability

Non-disabled

129(30.9)

185(44.2)

1

–

Disabled

59(14.1)

45(10.8)

1.880(1.201, 2.944) **

–

Age

–

188(45)

230(55)

0.919(0.865,0.976) **

–

Sex of students

Male

104(24.9)

98(23.4)

1.668(1.131,2.459) *

1.642(1.026,2.627) *

Female

84(20.1)

132(31.6)

1

1

Grade of Students

1st cycle [1,2,3,4]

128(30.6)

114(27.3)

2.171(1.454,3.242) ***

2.272(1.408,3.666) **

2ed cycle [5,6,7,8]

60(14.4)

116(27.8)

1

1

Family size

<=3

22(5.3)

52(12.4)

1

1

4

34(8.1)

70(16.7)

1.148(0.602,2.189)

1.015(0.484,2.131)

5

39(9.3)

48(11.5)

1.920(0.999,3.691)

1.211(0.565,2.595)

6

38(9.1)

34(8.1)

2.642(1.338,5.215) *

1.747(0.794,3.841)

> = 7

55(13.2)

26(6.2)

5.000(2.526,9.896) ***

2.736(1.249,5.994) *

Maternal Education

No formal education

61(14.6)

49(11.7)

2.282(1.275, 4.086) **

–

1–8

64(15.3)

70(16.7)

1.676(0.958, 2.932)

–

9–12

33(7.9)

56(13.4)

1.080(0.582, 2.006)

–

College & above

30(7.2)

55(13.2)

1

–

Hand washing Habit

Water & soup

49(11.7)

132(31.6)

1

1

Water only

139(33.3)

98(23.4)

3.821(2.517,5.801) ***

2.476(1.489,4.119) ***

Hand washing before food

Always

139(33.3)

203(48.6)

1

–

Sometimes

49(11.7)

27(6.5)

2.650(1.581, 4.444) ***

–

Hand washing habit after latrine

Always

48(11.5)

105(25.1)

1

–

Sometimes

83(19.9)

90(21.5)

2.017(1.282, 3.175) **

–

Never

57(13.6)

35(8.4)

3.562(2.072, 6.126) ***

–

Fingernail cutting

> = 2 times per week

39(9.3)

88(21.1)

1

–

1 time per week

55(13.2)

68(16.3)

1.825(1.087, 3.064) *

–

1 time per 2 weeks

73(17.5)

56(13.4)

2.941(1.761, 4.914) ***

–

No need of to cut

21(5.0)

18(4.3)

2.632(1.264, 5.484) *

–

Fingernail cleanliness

Clean

93(22.2)

191(45.7)

1

1

Not clean

95(22.7)

39(9.3)

5.003(3.198,7.827) ***

2.416(1.400,4.168) **

  1. Note: *statistically significant at P < 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001
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