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Table 3 Compliance with treatment and outcome of treatment, stratified by age group

From: Community effectiveness of chloroquine and traditional remedies in the treatment of young children with falciparum malaria in rural Burkina Faso

 

Compliance

Outcome of treatment

Age group

CQ given n (%)

AR, total n (%)

AR, CQ group n (%)

AR, TRAD group n (%)

8 – 14 months

87 (81.3)

58 (54.2)

49 (56.3)

9 (45.0)

15 – 21 months

121 (91.7)

89 (67.4)

83 (68.6)

6 (54.6)

22 – 28 months

86 (87.8)

63 (64.3)

57 (66.3)

6 (50.0)

29 – 35 months

56 (86.2)

51 (78.5)

44 (78.6)

7 (77.7)

Total

350 (87.1)

261 (64.9)

233 (66.6)

28 (53.9)

CI a

-

60.0 – 69.6%

61.4 – 71.5%

39.5 – 67.8%

p-value

0.13 b

0.004 c

0.014 c

0.17 c

  1. a CI: Binomial exact 95% confidence interval
  2. b p-value: Chi-squared test for heterogeneity (within each column)
  3. c p-value trend: Chi-squared test for linear trend (within each column)
  4. CQ group: Received at least one dose of chloroquine
  5. AR: Adeaquate clinical response