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Table 2 Non-adherence to anti-malarial treatment by self-reports and pill counts

From: Dispensing and determinants of non-adherence to treatment for non complicated malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in high-risk municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon

Characteristic

Non-adherence to anti-malarial treatment

Pill counts

Self-reports

n (%)

p value

n (%)

p value

Diagnosis

 P. vivax

24 (17.9)

0.012

12 (9.1)

0.014

 P. falciparum

12 (38.7)

8 (25.0)

First malaria episode

 Yes

2 (7.1)

0.044*

2 (7.1)

0.532*

 No

34 (24.8)

18 (13.3)

General well being in the present malaria episode

 Felt well/same as always

14 (20.6)

0.843

8 (11.8)

0.971

 Felt bad

21 (21.9)

11 (11.6)

First-line treatment

 Yes

35 (23.3 %)

0.195*

19 (12.8 %)

0.697*

 No

1 (6.7 %)

1 (6.7 %)

Adverse effects

 Yes

21 (22.1)

0.917

11 (11.7)

0.823

 No

15 (21.4)

9 (13.0)

Uses other medicines

 Yes

12 (22.6)

0.860

6 (11.3)

0.813

 No

24 (21.4)

14 (12.6)

Seeked professional care during treatment

 Yes

4 (25.0)

0.749*

4 (25.0)

0.096*

 No

31 (20.9)

15 (10.2)

  1. Mafalda project, 2007
  2. * Fischer’s exact test