Adherence to prescribed artemisinin-based combination therapy in Garissa and Bunyala districts, Kenya

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Bivariate (crude) and multivariate (adjusted) model of association between adherence and exposure variables

Variable	No. of patients	Adherent		Crude OR		P Value	Adjusted OR		P Value
Variable	n = 918	n = 588 (%)		(95% CI)		P Value	(95% CI)		P Value
Patient age
< 15	561	346	(61.7)	1.0 (ref)
≥ 15	357	242	(67.8)	1.31	(0.96-1.78)	0.087	1.37	(1.02-1.85)	0.038
Respondent age
13-24	284	157	(55.3)	1.0 (ref)
25-50	546	376	(68.9)	1.79	(1.42-2.25)	< 0.0001	1.30	(1.10-2.48)	0.016
≥ 51	80	49	(61.3)	1.28	(0.84-1.95)	0.256	1.58	(0.63-2.45)	0.533
Days waited to attend health facility
≤ 1	453	310	(68.4)	1.0 (ref)
> 1	465	278	(59.8)	0.69	(0.55-0.85)	0.001	0.73	(0.54-0.99)	0.046
Respondent seen drug before
No	123	73	(59.3)	1.0 (ref)
Yes	791	513	(64.9)	1.26	(0.87-1.85)	0.225	1.46	(1.08-1.98)	0.014
Dislikes
No	811	533	(65.7)	1.0 (ref)
Yes	107	55	(51.4)	0.55	(0.35-0.87)	0.011	0.62	(0.47-0.82)	0.001
Patient number of correct statements
No correct statements	170	87	(51.2)	1.0 (ref)
At least one correct statement	748	501	(67.0)	1.94	(1.49-2.51)	< 0.0001	1.76	(1.32-2.35)	< 0.0001

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