Table 3. Experience using DAT among people on TB treatment.
| Total N(%) (n = 691) |
99DOTS N(%) (n = 418) |
EvriMED N(%) (n = 273) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DID NOT REPORT TAKING MEDICATION a | 233 (44·1) | 131 (42·8) | 102 (46·0) | ||
| REASONS WHY | Unable to charge battery | 62 (26·6) | 33 (25·2) | 29 (28·4) | |
| Poor network connection | 39 (16·7) | 19 (14·5) | 20 (19·6) | ||
| DAT was not working | 29 (12·5) | 10 (7·6) | 19 (18·6) | ||
| Did not want to use DAT | 2 (0·9) | 0 (0) | 2 (2·0) | ||
| Forgot to use DAT | 36 (15·4) | 31 (23·7) | 5 (4·9) | ||
| MISSED A DOSE OF MEDICATION b | 132 (22·9) | 21 (6·9) | 111 (41·1) | ||
| REASONS WHY | Forgot to take | 22 (16·7) | 3 (14·3) | 19 (17·1) | |
| Was too busy | 18 (13·6) | 2 (9·5) | 16 (14·4) | ||
| Side effects | 14 (10·6) | 2 (9·5) | 12 (10·8) | ||
| Did not want to use DAT | 3 (2·3) | 0 (0) | 3 (2·7) | ||
| Did not want anyone to see | 3 (2·3) | 1 (4·8) | 2 (1·8) | ||
| TIME TO TAKE MEDICATION c | |||||
| Less Than 1 minute | 327 (47·5) | 239 (57·2) | 88 (32·6) | ||
| 1 to 2 minutes | 213 (31·0) | 125 (29·9) | 88 (32·6) | ||
| More than 3 minutes | 148 (21·5) | 54 (12·9) | 94 (34·8) | ||
| PAID EXTRA TO USE DAT d | 37 (8·7) | 33 (10·8) | 4 (3·3) | ||
| Phone credit | 37 (100) | 33 (100) | 4 (100) | ||
| FREQUENCY VISITING TB CLINIC PER MONTH e | |||||
| 1 to 5 | 395 (96·8) | 298 (97·7) | 97 (94·2) | ||
| 6 to 15 | 12 (2·9) | 6 (2·0) | 6 (5·8) | ||
| More than 15 | 1 (0·3) | 1 (0·3) | 0 (0) | ||
| TRAVEL TIME TO TB CLINIC f | |||||
| 0 to 30 minutes | 254 (59·4) | 196 (64·1) | 58 (47·5) | ||
| 31 to 59 minutes | 81 (18·9) | 50 (16·3) | 31 (25·4) | ||
| More than 1 hour | 93 (21·7) | 50 (19·6) | 33 (27·1) | ||
Note. People with TB in Bangladesh not included in this table (data not available)
a Data missing for all people with TB in Uganda (n = 112), 51 in South Africa
b Data missing for all people with TB in Uganda (n = 112), 3 from other sites
c Data missing for 1 people with TB in Ukraine, 2 in South Africa
d Data missing for all people with TB in South Africa (n = 151) and Uganda (n = 112), 1 in Ukraine
e Data missing for all people with TB in South Africa (n = 151) and Uganda (n = 112), 1 in Philippines, 19 in Ukraine
f Data missing for all people with TB in South Africa (n = 151) and Uganda (n = 112)