Table 12. ACT treatment education and understanding in the exit group.

ACT treatment education and understanding	No. patients/ caretakers (N)	Proportion patients/ caretakers (%)
Patient/caretaker understanding	N=117
Understanding of malaria
Able to name malaria	60	51.3%
Able to describe symptoms only	54	46.2%
Unable to describe disease or symptoms	3	2.5%
Recognition of ACT
Can identify ACT	101	86.3%
Can identify ACT with other drugs	10	8.6%
Identifies other drugs only	4	3.4%
Doesn’t know	2	1.7%
Taken ACT previously
0 times	21	18.0%
1-2 times	31	26.5%
3-4 times	33	28.2%
>5 times	31	26.5%
Missing data	1	0.8%
Understanding of ACT schedule
Repeated instructions correctly-Days	116	99.2%
Repeated instructions correctly-Times	87	74.4%
Repeated instructions correctly-Pills	76	65.0%
1 st ACT dose observed in pharmacy	101	86.3%
Continuation of ACT treatment on Day 1 if condition improves
No	2	1.7%
Yes	115	98.3%
Action if no improvement after 3 days
Return to hospital	114	97.4%
Other	1	0.9%
Missing data	2	1.7%
Health centre role
Patient was asked if s/he understood	107	91.5%
Patient was asked to repeat instructions	41	35.0%
Patient was given additional information (multiple responses possible):
To return to clinic if pill vomited/spat	59	50.4%
May cause fatigue but must continue	19	16.2%
Complete the course	2	1.7%
Take at the same time each day	2	1.7%
Sleep under a bednet	2	1.7%
Eat	1	0.9%
No additional instructions	32	27.4%