Reasons for not enrolling in trial | n = 140 n (%) | Reasons for not taking full regimen | n = 566 n (%) |
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Did not know reason for medicines | 5 (4) | Did not know more than 1 dose/round | 4 (1) |
Pregnant | 14 (10) | Did not know MRC was coming | 10 (2) |
Sick at time | 6 (4) | Told to come later | 4 (1) |
Away from village | 66 (47) | Ate before | 1 (0) |
Would not be here for MDA | 1 (1) | Away from village | 234 (41) |
Busy at time | 25 (18) | Too busy | 96 (17) |
Afraid of side effects | 18 (13) | Side effects of medication | 59 (10) |
Healthy; does not need meds | 2 (1) | Meds made others sick | 12 (2) |
Too much medicine | 1 (1) | Too much medicine | 11 (2) |
Did not attend sensitization | 2 (1) | Did not like taste | 17 (3) |
Does not like medicine | 10 (7) | Got malaria | 2 (0) |
Medicines do not work | 0 (0) | Took too much time | 0 (0) |
Did not want to fast | 1 (1) | Other | 34 (6) |
Does not know | 6 (4) | Does not know | 7 (1) |
No answer | 1 (1) | No answer | 5 (1) |