Table 5 Perception and experience of completing course of drugs (N = 607)
| Â | Frequency (n) | Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|
Perception on completing course of drugs | Â | Â |
Should finish all drugs prescribed/given | 522 | 86.0 |
Should stop once you feel better | 79 | 13.0 |
Depending on the type of malaria | 2 | 0.3 |
Do not know | 4 | 0.6 |
Drugs received during the trial/in the last malaria episode (can have multiple answers) | ||
Blue drugs | 527 | 86.8 |
Brown drugs | 357 | 58.8 |
Yellow drugs | 136 | 22.4 |
Small drugs | 32 | 5.3 |
Spleen drugs | 8 | 13.2 |
Primaquine | 41 | 6.8 |
Green drugs | 39 | 6.4 |
Paracetamol (incl. Dumin*/drugs for fever) | 212 | 34.9 |
White drugs | 136 | 22.4 |
Drugs finished during the trial/in the last malaria episode | ||
All drugs b | 511 | 84.2 |
Some of the drugs a c | 88 | 14.9 |
Did not finish any drugs c | 6 | 1.0 |
Do not remember | 2 | 0.3 |
Which drugs were finished (asked to those who finished some of the drugs, N = 88) a | ||
Blue drugs | 76 | 86.4 |
Brown drugs | 20 | 22.7 |
Small drugs | 2 | 2.3 |
Primaquine | 4 | 4.6 |
Yellow drugs | 5 | 5.7 |
Green drugs | 3 | 3.4 |
Paracetamol (incl. Dumin*) | 6 | 6.8 |
White drugs | 6 | 6.8 |
Others (antibiotics/drugs for nausea) | 2 | 2.3 |
Reasons for finishing the drugs (asked to those who finished all drugs, N = 511) b | ||
Wanting to get better | 298 | 58.3 |
Not wanting to get malaria again | 126 | 24.7 |
The doctor/trial staff told me to | 87 | 17.0 |
To stay healthy after feeling better | 12 | 13.6 |
To kill the germs/the illness | 5 | 1.0 |
Liking taking drugs | 2 | 0.4 |
Considering it poor practice not to finish the drugs | 1 | 0.2 |
I do not know | 3 | 0.6 |
Reasons for not finishing (asked to those who finished some of the drugs and who did not finish any drugs, N = 94) c | ||
Feeling better/no more fever or nausea | 69 | 73.4 |
Forgetting to take the drug | 14 | 14.9 |
The taste of the drug/Not liking drugs | 12 | 12.8 |
Nausea/dizziness | 5 | 5.3 |
Others (course was too long/took other drugs/someone told me not to/prefer the blue drugs) | 5 | 5.3 |