Level of Mothers’/Caregivers’ Healthcare-Seeking Behavior for Child’s Diarrhea, Fever, and Respiratory Tract Infections and Associated Factors in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Subgroup analysis for the level of mothers’ or caregivers’ healthcare-seeking behavior for childhood diarrhea, fever, and respiratory tract infections in Ethiopia.

Criteria	Number of studies	Prevalence rate (95% CI)	( value)
Location
AA	3	55.62 (28.52-82.72)	99.3% ()
Oromia	7	63.31 (46.68-79.95)	99.8% ()
Amhara	7	67.69 (43.39-91.99)	99.8% ()
South region	1	68.5 (65.48-71.52)	—
Benishangul	1	87.8 (84.9-90.69)	—
Tigray	2	74.36 (70.74-77.99)	46.7% ()
Nationwide	4	29.45 (26.11-32.79)	86.5% ()
Types of illness
Three illness	15	58.34 (46.37-70.34)	99.7% ()
Diarrhea	4	72.56 (68.52-76.59)	76.8% ()
Fever	3	84.45 (78.9-89.99)	96.7% ()
ARI	3	29.54 (24.36-34.71)	88.6% ()
Date of publication
≤2015	12	60.84 (46.69-74.99)	99.8% ()
>2015	13	59.86 (44.79-74.92)	99.7% ()
Sample size
≤500	8	59.64 (45.46-73.82)	98.7% ()
501-1000	9	75.32 (68.41-82.23)	97.8% ()
>1000	8	44.25 (24.49-64.02)	99.9% ()