Changing poor mothers' care-seeking behaviors in response to childhood illness: findings from a cross-sectional study in Granada, Nicaragua

Table 5 Factors affecting the change in second choice¹ of poor (≤ 2 USD/day) mothers' care-seeking behavior (n = 392)

Variables	Crude Odds Ratio	95%CI	p-value	Adjusted Odds Ratio²	95%CI	p-value
Had symptoms of respiratory disease	2.77	[1.43-5.35]	0.003**	2.51	[1.28-4.90]	0.007**
Visiting health post first	2.24	[1.35-3.70]	0.002**	2.11	[1.26-3.53]	0.005**
Experiencing child death in the past	2.07	[1.17-3.64]	0.012*	2.05	[1.15-3.68]	0.016*
Participation in health education in the past	1.22	[0.71-1.94]	0.532
Child stunting	1.17	[0.74-2.02]	0.436
Living in rural area	1.06	[0.64-1.75]	0.824
Mother's years of school education	0.81	[0.56-2.11]	0.809

¹Changed care-seeking behavior: from self-medication or home care to visit a health facility, from a health post to a public health center or private clinic, or from a public health center to a private clinic as a second care-seeking behavior.
²Multiple logistic regression. Adjusted for having symptoms of respiratory disease, visiting health post first, and experiencing child death in the past.
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

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