Table 3 Doses taken in time: comparison between hospitalized versus outpatient setting, as measured by electronic pill-box monitoring.
From: Evaluation of medication adherence methods in the treatment of malaria in Rwandan infants
The time when the dose has been taken, compared with the prescribed time. | hospitalisation period (429 doses) | outpatient period (568 doses) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of doses | % | Number of doses | % | |||
doses taken too late | more than 1 hour | 40 | 9.3 | 89 | 15.7 | 0.013* |
more than 2 hours | 2 | 0.5 | 23 | 4.0 | 0.002* | |
doses taken too early | more than 1 hour | 11 | 2.6 | 49 | 8.6 | 0.001* |
more than 2 hours | 5 | 1.2 | 26 | 4.6 | 0.003* | |