Table 3 Acceptability of string test and gastric aspirate procedures among children and their guardians
From: Feasibility of the string test for tuberculosis diagnosis in children between 4 and 14 years old
4–10 years old | 11–14 years old | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
String test | Gastric aspirate | p-value | String test | Gastric aspirate | p-value | |||||
n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | |||
Guardian reported comfort with the procedure: | ||||||||||
During | 24/25 | 96 | 35/56 | 63 | 0.001 | 21/21 | 100 | 4/7 | 57 | ** |
After | 83/88 | 94 | 53/56 | 95 | 0.925 | 23/24 | 96 | 7/7 | 100 | ** |
Willing to repeat the procedure: | ||||||||||
Child | 34/88 | 39 | 12/56 | 21 | 0.017 | 15/26 | 58 | 6/7 | 86 | 0.182 |
Parent | 71/88 | 81 | 54/56 | 96 | 0.005 | 20/24 | 83 | 7/7 | 100 | ** |