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Table 4 Bivariate analysis of factors associated with IPIs among students from Yadot primary school, Delo-Mena district, South Eastern Ethiopia, 2013

From: Prevalence and its associated risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections among Yadot primary school children of South Eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Risk factors

Total (%)

Positive No. (%)

Crude OR (95% CI)

P- value

Habit of hand washing before meal

Always

320 (94.1)

82 (25.6)

1.56[0.60-4.05]

0.358

Sometimes

20 (5.9)

7 (35.0)

1

 

Reason of washing hands before meal

Known

279 (82.1)

55 (19.7)

5.13[2.86-9.21]

<0.001

Not known

61 (17.9)

34 (55.7)

1

 

Eat raw or undercooked or unwashed vegetables

Yes

162 (47.6)

55 (34.0)

0.46[0.28-0.754]

0.002

No

178 (52.4)

34 (19.1)

1

 

Latrine availability at home

Yes

322 (94.7)

84 (26.1)

1.09[0.38-3.15]

0.874

No

18 (5.3)

5 (27.8)

1

 

Habit of latrine usage

Always

272 (80.0)

60 (22.1)

5.10[2.08-12.52]

0.001

Sometimes

46 (13.5)

16 (34.8)

2.71[0.95-7.69]

<0.001

Not at all

22 (6.5)

13 (59.1)

1

 

Types of latrine used

Individual

288 (84.7)

68 (23.6)

2.42[0.78-7.54]

0.014

Public

29 (8.5)

9 (31.0)

3.53[1.49-8.36]

0.004

Open field

23 (6.8)

12 (52.2)

1

 

Habit of finger nail trimming regularly

Yes

214 (62.8)

46 (21.5)

1.89[1.16-3.09]

0.011

No

126 (37.1)

43 (34.1)

1

 

Water contact activities

Yes

215 (63.2)

67 (31.2)

0.47[0.27-0.81]

0.007

No

125 (36.8)

22 (17.6)

1

 

Dirty materials in the right hand fingers

Present

167 (49.1)

43 (25.7)

1.04[0.64-1.69]

0.860

Absent

173 (50.9)

46 (26.6)

1

 

Protective shoe

Present

265 (77.9)

49 (18.5)

5.04[2.91-8.73]

<0.001

Absent

75 (22.1)

40 (53.3)

1

 

Personal hygiene

Good

233 (68.5)

59 (25.3)

1.15[0.68-1.92]

0.597

 

Poor

107 (31.5)

30 (28.0)

1