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Table 1 Adherence to primaquine definitions in the study

From: Effect of adherence to primaquine on the risk of Plasmodium vivax recurrence: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

Adherence by

Metric

Proportion (%)

Categories (as per distribution)

Supervision status

Supervision

\(\frac{\mathrm{number\, of \,daily\, doses\, supervised}}{\mathrm{ total\, number\, of\, daily\, doses\, administered\, or\, expected}}\)

0- ≤ 50%

> 50- < 90%

≥ 90%

Dosing information

Actual doses of primaquine administered

\(\frac{\mathrm{number\, of\, daily\, doses\, administered }}{\mathrm{ total\, number\, of\, daily\, doses\, expected}}\)

< 90%

≥ 90%

Total mg/kg dose administered

\(\frac{{{\text{total }}{\raise0.7ex\hbox{${{\text{mg}}}$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{{\text{mg}}} {{\text{kg}}}}}\right.\kern-0pt} \!\lower0.7ex\hbox{${{\text{kg}}}$}}{\text{ dose administered}}}}{{{\text{total }}{\raise0.7ex\hbox{${{\text{mg}}}$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{{\text{mg}}} {{\text{kg}}}}}\right.\kern-0pt} \!\lower0.7ex\hbox{${{\text{kg}}}$}}{\text{ dose expected}}}}\)

0- ≤ 50%

> 50- < 90%

≥ 90%