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Table 2 Reports of the received and understood instructions by patients infected with Plasmodium vivax and treated with chloroquine + primaquine in Brazilian Amazon

From: Adherence to Plasmodium vivax malaria treatment in the Brazilian Amazon Region

Reports

 

n

%

Instructions received about dosage and schedule

Writen and verbal

248

88.6

 

Verbal only

32

11.4

Information received about side effects

Yes

2

0.7

 

No

278

99.3

Comprehension of the written instructions

Yes

246

99.2

 

No

2

0.8

Comprehension of the verbal instructions

Yes

274

97.9

 

No

6

2.1

Correct followed all the prescribed instructions

Yes

242

86.4

 

No

38

13.6