| Factors |
Recipient/Non recipient |
Crude |
| OR (95% CI.) |
LR P-value |
| Risk perception, N=1537 |
| At risk of disease† |
53/28 |
1.00 (Ref) |
|
| Not at risk of disease |
402/627 |
0.34 (0.21-0.54) |
<0.0001 |
| Do not know cause of disease |
218/209 |
0.55 (0.33-0.90) |
0.018 |
| Reasons for not being at risk of LF, N=1029 |
| Received drugs† |
107/1 |
1.00 (Ref) |
<0.0001 |
| Take care of myself |
43/52 |
0.01 (0.00-0.60) |
| Disease for those in the coast |
72/81 |
01.00 (0.00-3.03) |
| Disease is spiritual |
1/9 |
0.001 (0.00-0.02) |
| God takes care of me |
40/94 |
0.004 (0.00-0.30) |
| Disease not in my family |
139/390 |
0.003 (0.00-0.20) |
| Reasons for being at risk of LF, N=81 |
| Did not receive drugs† |
1/3 |
1.00 (Ref) |
|
| Have the disease in my family |
5/1 |
15 (0.66-339.00) ‡ |
|
| Disease is unpredictable |
42/23 |
5.48 (1.54-55.72) |
0.0003 |
| Walk barefooted |
5/1 |
15 (0.66-339.54) ‡ |
|
| Reasons for liking the MDA programme, N=1537 |
| Received other information† |
37/1 |
1.00 (Ref) |
|
| House to house drug distribution |
12/1 |
0.32 (0.02-5.59) ‡ |
|
| Drug protect from lice |
363/79 |
0.12 (0.17-0.92) |
<0.0001 |
| Drugs are free |
246/4 |
1.66 (0.18-15.28) ‡ |
|
| Do not like anything about it |
15/799 |
0.0005 (0.00007-0.004) |
|
| Reasons for disliking the MDA programme, N=1537 |
| Did not give members of my family† |
56/136 |
1.00 (Ref) |
|
| Drug side effects |
323/727 |
5.14(4.16-6.36) |
<0.0001 |
| Like everything |
294/1 |
|
|
| LF disease status, N=1537 |
| Have elephantiasis† |
14/5 |
1.00 (Ref) |
|
| Do not have elephantiasis |
659/859 |
0.27 (0.10-0.76) |
0.008 |
| Management of LF disease, N=19 |
| Did not receive advice† |
4/2 |
1.00 (Ref) |
|
| Received advice on elephantiasis care |
9/4 |
0.50 (0.28-0.92) |
0.016 |
† Reference group