Table 2.

Reports of the received and understood instructions by patients infected with Plasmodium vivax and treated with chloroquine + primaquine in Brazilian Amazon

Reports		n	%
Instructions received about dosage and schedule	Writen and verbal	248	88.6
	Verbal only	32	11.4
Information received about side effects	Yes	2	0.7
	No	278	99.3
Comprehension of the written instructions	Yes	246	99.2
	No	2	0.8
Comprehension of the verbal instructions	Yes	274	97.9
	No	6	2.1
Correct followed all the prescribed instructions	Yes	242	86.4
	No	38	13.6