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. 2011 Dec 13;10:355. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-355

Table 4.

Factors associated to adherence to the P.vivax malaria treatment with chloroquine + primaquine in the Brazilian Amazon

Variables Adherence n (%) OR CI 95% p value

No Yes
Gender
Male 31 (16.7) 155 (83.3) 2.49 1.05 - 5.88 0.05

Female 7 (7.4) 87 (92.6)

Age(years)

> 15 28 (15.2) 156 (83.3) 1.54 0.72 - 3.33 0.35

≤ 15 10 (10.4) 86 (92.6)

Type of instructions received about dosage and schedule

Verbal only 9 (28.1) 23 (71.9) 2.96 1.25 - 7.00 0.02

Writen +verbal 29 (11.7) 219 (88.3)