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Table 6 IPT uptake and patient adherence

From: Effect of mobile-phone messaging on patient and health-worker knowledge and adherence to the isoniazid preventive therapy guideline in HIV clinics in Southeast, Nigeria

 

Beginning of study

End of study

Intervention

Control

χ2 (p value)

Intervention

Control

χ2 (p value)

n = 100

n(%)

n = 100

n (%)

n = 89

n (%)

n = 93

n (%)

IPT uptake

 Yes

16 (16.0)

19 (19.0)

0.31 (0.58)

59 (66.3)

38 (40.9)

11.82 (0.001*)

 No

84 (84.0)

81 (81.0)

 

30 (33.7)

55 (59.1)

 

Adherence grading

n = 16

n (%)

n = 19

n (%)

χ2 (p value)

n = 59

n (%)

n = 38

n (%)

χ2 (p value)

Good

16 (100.0)

16 (84.2)

FT (0.23)

57 (96.6)

38 (100.0)

FT (0.52)

Poor

0 (0.0)

3 (15.8)

 

2 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. *Statistical significance