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Table 8 Associations of attitude and practices of Orang Asli participants towards intestinal helminths with helminth infections status among their children **

From: Towards an effective control programme of soil-transmitted helminth infections among Orang Asli in rural Malaysia. Part 2: Knowledge, attitude, and practices

Variable

Trichuriasis

Ascariasis

Hookworm infection

 

Infected

Not infected

OR

95% CI

Infected

Not infected

OR

95% CI

Infected

Not infected

OR

95% CI

Attitude:

            

–Harmful to people’s health

51(33.1)

20(32.8)

1.0

0.5, 1.9

24(34.8)

47(32.2)

1.1

0.6, 2.1

10(31.3)

61(33.3)

0.9

0.4, 2.0

Practices:

            

–Washing hands before eating

69(44.8)

28(45.9)

0.9

0.5, 1.7

22(32.4)

75(51.4)

0.5

0.2, 0.8*

10(31.3)

87(47.5)

0.5

0.2, 1.1

–Washing hands after defecation

93(60.8)

41(66.1)

0.8

0.4, 1.5

33(47.8)

101(69.2)

0.4

0.2, 0.7*

20(62.5)

113(62.1)

1.0

0.5, 2.2

–Wearing shoes when outside the house

115(72.8)

54(87.0)

0.4

0.2, 0.9*

57(82.6)

112(76.7)

1.4

0.7, 2.9

25(78.1)

146(86.4)

0.8

0.2, 1.4

–Washing fruits before consumption

63(40.7)

25(41.2)

1.0

0.5, 1.8

27(39.1)

61(41.8)

0.9

0.5, 1.6

14(42.4)

74(40.7)

1.1

0.5, 2.3

–Washing vegetables before consumption

104(68.0)

44(72.1)

0.8

0.4, 1.6

43(62.3)

105(71.9)

0.6

0.4, 1.2

24(75.0)

124(67.8)

1.4

0.6, 3.3

–Boiling drinking water

43(27.9)

16(26.2)

1.1

0.6, 2.1

24(34.8)

35(24.0)

1.7

0.9, 3.2

13(39.4)

46(25.3)

1.9

0.9, 4.2

  1. All values are number (%). OR, Odds ratio. CI, Confidence interval. * Significant association (P < 0.05). ** Weighted data analysis.