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Table 1 Patient characteristics by sector (%, 95% CI)

From: Are Tanzanian patients attending public facilities or private retailers more likely to adhere to artemisinin-based combination therapy?

 

Public health facilities (N = 572 patients from 40 outlets)

Private ADDOs (N = 450 patients from 37 outlets)

p-value

Male

43.2 (39.9, 46.5)

53.1 (46.8, 59.4)

0.007

Age 1

   

 Under 3 years

42.5 (37.4, 47.8)

18.2 (14.5, 22.6)

 

 3 years to under 8 years

28.2 (23.5, 33.3)

23.1 (18.8, 28.0)

 

 8 years to under 12 years

6.6 (4.3, 10.0)

9.1 (6.9, 12.0)

 

 12 years and above

22.7 (18.7, 27.3)

49.6 (43.0, 56.2)

<0.0001

Patient (or caregiver if patient below age 12) completed primary school2

58.2 (50.7, 65.4)

71.8 (65.2, 77.6)

0.007

Socio-economic status 3

   

 1st quintile (most poor)

27.9 (23.1, 33.2)

10.2 (7.6, 13.5)

 

 2nd quintile

24.5 (20.5, 29.1)

14.2 (10.1, 19.8)

 

 3rd quintile

20.0 (16.5, 23.9)

20.2 (15.4, 26.1)

 

 4th quintile

17.3 (13.1, 22.6)

23.3 (19.5, 27.6)

 

 5th quintile (least poor)

10.3 (7.4, 14.4)

32.1 (23.3, 42.2)

<0.0001

Slept under net the night before the interview

73.6 (68.9, 77.8)

71.4 (65.3, 76.9)

0.6

Sought care for this episode prior to attending outlet

36.4 (31.9, 41.2)

37.8 (31.6, 44.4)

0.7

Sought care at outlet within two days of fever onset4

77.5 (73.5, 81.1)

72.0 (67.8, 75.9)

0.051

Symptoms

   

 Fever or headache

94.1 (91.3, 96.0)

91.1 (87.6, 93.7)

0.1

 Respiratory

14.0 (10.5, 18.4)

7.5 (5.3, 10.7)

0.007

 Stomach upset

53.5 (47.7, 59.2)

48.9 (42.3 55.6)

0.3

 Body/joint pain

15.4 (12.2, 19.1)

30.4 (25.2, 36.2)

<0.0001

 Fatigue

10.1 (7.5, 13.6)

18.0 (14.2, 22.5)

0.003

 Convulsions

2.5 (1.6, 3.9)

0.4 (0.1, 1.7)

0.007

 Other5

12.4 (9.6, 15.9)

10.0 (7.5, 13.1)

0.2

Attended an outlet in an urban ward

13.1 (5.1, 29.6)

68.4 (48.3, 83.4)

<0.0001

Distance of 2.5 km or less from home to outlet (by GPS coordinates)6

69.4 (62.6, 75.4)

71.4 (58.5, 81.5)

0.8

Time of day drug was obtained

   

 Morning

77.1 (71.9, 81.6)

44.7 (38.2, 51.3)

 

 Afternoon

18.7 (14.6, 23.6)

26.9 (22.2, 32.2)

 

 Evening

4.2 (2.5, 7.0)

28.4 (21.6, 36.4)

<0.0001

Time between obtaining AL and interview (hours) 7

   

 60-67

5.8 (3.8, 8.6)

24.8 (20.7, 29.3)

 

 68-72

47.0 (41.7, 52.4)

37.4 (33.1, 41.9)

 

 73-84

32.5 (28.5, 36.7)

21.6 (16.9, 27.2)

 

 85 or more

14.7 (11.4, 18.8)

16.2 (12.1, 21.4)

<0.0001

  1. 1Age categories based on recommended age breakdown for AL blister packs in Tanzania.
  2. 2Caregiver education missing for five public health facility patients.
  3. 3Wealth quintiles pooled for public health facilities and ADDOs using principal component analysis of sampled patients based on standard Demographic and Health Survey variables. Data missing for one public health facility patient.
  4. 4Number of days since illness onset missing for 3 public health facility patients and 11 ADDO patients.
  5. 5Includes dizziness, crying/fussiness, startling (kustukastuka), sleep-talking (kuweweseka), worms, fast heart rate, stays in sun, red/inflamed eyes, and sores/ulcers.
  6. 6GPS data missing from 30 public health facility patients and 52 ADDO patients.
  7. 7Rounded to nearest hour. Data missing for 15 public health facility patients and 6 ADDO patients.