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Table 4 Determinants of diarrheal disease among under-five children in Jimma Geneti District, Oromia Regional State, Western Ethiopia, May 2020 (n = 399)

From: Determinants of diarrheal diseases among under five children in Jimma Geneti District, Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2020: a case-control study

Variables

Diarrheal diseases status among under-five children

Case = 127,

No (%)

Control = 272,

No (%)

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

P-Value

Age of child

 0–5 months

12 (9.4)

17 (6.3)

1.88 (0.82, 4.33)+

1.48 (0.61,3.61)

.387

 6-11 months

27 (21.3)

48 (17.6)

1.64 (0.91, 2.93)+

2.46 (1.09,5.57)*

.030

 12–23 months

44 (34.6)

79 (29)

1.66 (1.00, 2.74)*

3.30 (1.68,6.46)*

.001

 24–59 months

44 (34.6)

128 (47.1)

1.00

  

Relation

 Mother

118 (92.9)

266 (97.8)

1.00

1.00

 

 Caregiver

9 (7.1)

6 (2.2)

3.38 (1.18, 9.72)*

0.58 (0.32,1.06)

.073

Hand washing facility

 Yes

73 (57.5)

173 (63.6)

1.00

1.00

 

 No

54 (42.5)

99 (36.4)

1.29 (0.84, 1.99)+

5.2 (3.94,26.49)**

<.001

Mother/care givers’ history of diarrhea

 Yes

34 (26.8)

14 (5.1)

6.74 (3.46, 13.1)*

7.38 (3.1,17.44)**

<.001

 No

93 (73.2)

258 (94.9)

1.00

1.00

 

Latrine Utilization

 Proper

75 (59.1)

220 (80.9)

1.00

1.00

 

 Improper

52 (40.9)

52 (19.1)

2.93 (1.84, 4.67)*

2.34 (1.16,4.75)*

.018

Critical time Hand washing

 Yes

102 (80.3)

265 (97.4)

1.00

1.00

 

 No

25 (19.7)

7 (2.6)

9.28 (3.89, 22.1)*

10.6 (3.7,29.8)**

<.001

Solid waste disposal

 Proper

64 (50.4)

176 (64.7)

1.00

1.00

 

 Improper

63 (49.6)

96 (35.3)

1.81 (1.18, 2.77)*

2.68 (1.39,5.18)*

.003

Rotavirus Vaccine

 Vaccinated

73 (57.5)

208 (76.5)

1.00

1.00

 

 Unvaccinated

54 (42.5)

64 (23.5)

2.40 (1.53,3.77)*

2.45 (1.25,4.81)*

.009

Water treatment

 Yes

49 (38.6)

154 (56.6)

1.00

1.00

 

 No

78 (61.4)

118 (43.4)

2.08 (1.35, 3.19)*

1.06 (0.57,1.97)

.867