Table 3.
Relationship between adherence and beliefs on malaria and its treatment.
| Belief | Response | Adherent | Partially adherent | Nonadherent | P value | V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prayers instead of medicine that I have taken healed me | Agree/strongly agree | 41 | 34 | 9 | ||
| Uncertain | 28 | 17 | 12 | 0.464 | 0.072 | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 103 | 38 | 18 | |||
| Natural remedies are safer than medicines | Agree/strongly agree | 40 | 29 | 20 | ||
| Uncertain | 36 | 26 | 14 | 0.000 | 0.345 | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 96 | 34 | 5 | |||
| People who take medicines can stop their treatment for a while every now and again | Agree/strongly agree | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Uncertain | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0.458 | 0.458 | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 152 | 74 | 26 | |||
| Most medicines including malaria medicines are addictive | Agree/strongly agree | 15 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Uncertain | 46 | 24 | 11 | 0.554 | 0.061 | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 111 | 52 | 22 | |||
| Medicines do more harm than good | Agree/strongly agree | 41 | 25 | 15 | ||
| Uncertain | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0.465 | 0.054 | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 107 | 53 | 20 | |||
| All medicines are poisons | Agree/strongly agree | 37 | 19 | 5 | ||
| Uncertain | 16 | 15 | 9 | 0.498 | 0.080 | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 119 | 55 | 25 | |||
| Prescribers place too much trust on medicines | Agree/strongly agree | 73 | 54 | 24 | 0.006 | 0.570 |
| Uncertain | 25 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 74 | 31 | 14 | |||
| If prescribers had more time with patients they will prescribe fewer medicines | Agree/strongly agree | 73 | 54 | 24 | ||
| Uncertain | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0.423 | 0.059 | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 74 | 31 | 14 |