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Table 2 The characteristics of the study subjects by arm and category

From: Efficacy of text-message reminders on paediatric malaria treatment adherence and their post-treatment return to health facilities in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial

 

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

All patients

Control N = 254

Intervention N = 259

Control N = 262

Intervention N = 257

Control N = 333

Intervention N = 312

Control N = 849

Intervention N = 828

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Child characteristics

 Age (months)

  < 12

25 (9.8)

20 (7.7)

25 (9.5)

26 (10.1)

29 (8.7)

36 (11.5)

79 (9.3)

82 (9.9)

  12–59

225 (88.6)

237 (91.5)

234 (89.3)

229 (89.1)

300 (90.1)

270 (86.6)

759 (89.4)

736 (88.9)

  60

4 (1.6)

2 (0.8)

3 (1.2)

2 (0.8)

4 (1.2)

6 (1.9)

11 (1.3)

10 (1.2)

 Male gender

143 (56.3)

144 (55.6)

136 (51.9)

129 (50.2)

175 (52.6)

163 (52.2)

454 (53.5)

436 (52.7)

 Weight (kg)

  < 15

179 (70.5)

177 (68.3)

186 (71.0)

192 (74.7)

230 (69.1)

243 (77.9)

595 (70.1)

612 (73.9)

  15–24

75 (29.5)

82 (31.7)

76 (29.0)

64 (24.9)

103 (30.9)

69 (22.1)

254 (29.9)

215 (26.0)

  ≥ 25

0

0

0

1 (0.4)

0

0

0

1 (0.1)

Temperature ≥37.5 °C

172 (67.7)

178 (68.7)

173 (66.0)

177 (68.9)

242 (72.7)

231 (74.0)

587 (69.1)

586 (70.8)

Parasite density >10,000/µl

188 (74.0)

197 (76.1)

196 (74.8)

187 (72.8)

263 (79.0)

224 (71.8)

647 (76.2)

608 (73.4)

Caregiver characteristics

 Age (years)

  ≤20

41 (16.1)

62 (23.9)

54 (20.6)

57 (22.2)

56 (16.8)

63 (20.2)

151 (17.8)

182 (22.0)

  20–40 years

189 (74.4)

182 (70.3)

195 (74.4)

181 (70.4)

251 (75.4)

238 (76.3)

635 (74.8)

601 (72.5)

  >40

16 (6.3)

12 (4.6)

7 (2.7)

12 (4.7)

15 (4.5)

8 (2.6)

38 (4.5)

32 (3.9)

  Missing age

8 (3.2)

3 (1.2)

6 (2.3)

7 (2.7)

11 (3.3)

3 (0.9)

25 (2.9)

13 (1.6)

 Female gender

238 (93.7)

241 (93.1)

245 (93.5)

246 (95.7)

321 (96.4)

298 (95.5)

804 (94.7)

785 (94.8)

 Relationship to the child

  Mother

225 (88.6)

224 (86.5)

242 (92.4)

233 (90.7)

292 (87.7)

292 (93.6)

759 (89.4)

749 (90.5)

  Father

15 (5.9)

13 (5.0)

10 (3.8)

10 (3.9)

13 (3.9)

12 (3.9)

38 (4.5)

35 (4.2)

  Other

14 (5.5)

22 (8.5)

10 (3.8)

14 (5.4)

28 (8.4)

8 (2.5)

52 (6.1)

44 (5.3)

 Educational level

  No formal education

3 (1.2)

11 (4.3)

8 (3.0)

8 (3.1)

9 (2.7)

10 (3.2)

20 (2.4)

29 (3.5)

  Primary

153 (60.2)

160 (61.8)

163 (62.2)

165 (64.2)

211 (63.4)

198 (63.5)

527 (62.0)

523 (63.2)

  Secondary and above

97 (38.2)

87 (33.6)

88 (33.6)

84 (32.7)

111 (33.3)

104 (33.3)

296 (34.9)

275 (33.2)

  Missing information

1 (0.4)

1 (0.3)

3 (1.2)

0

2 (0.6)

0

6 (0.7)

1 (0.1)

 Phone ownership status

  Personal

193 (76.0)

209 (80.7)

188 (71.8)

193 (75.1)

259 (77.8)

237 (76.0)

640 (75.4)

639 (77.2)

  Shared

61 (24.0)

50 (19.3)

74 (28.2)

64 (24.9)

74 (22.2)

75 (24.0)

209 (24.6)

189 (22.8)