Table 1.
Comparison between respondents (n = 7213) and non-respondents (n = 7039) in terms of gender, age group and residence
| Telephone consultations | Clinic consultations | Home visits | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-respondents n = 1899 (100%) |
Respondents n = 1789 (100%) |
P-valuea | Non-respondents n = 2521 (100%) |
Respondents n = 3183 (100%) |
P-valuea | Non-respondents n = 2619 (100%) |
Respondents n = 2241 (100%) |
P-valuea | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 888 (46.8) | 825 (46.1) | 0.679 | 1236 (49.0) | 1541 (48.4) | 0.645 | 1233 (47.0) | 1124 (50.2) | <0.001 |
| Female | 1011 (53.2) | 964 (53.9) | 1285 (51.0) | 1642 (51.6) | 1386 (53.0) | 1117 (49.8) | |||
| Age groups (years) | |||||||||
| 0–4 | 329 (17.3) | 482 (26.9) | <0.001 | 580 (23.0) | 931 (29.3) | <0.001 | 170 (6.5) | 200 (8.9) | <0.001 |
| 5–18 | 257 (13.5) | 298 (16.7) | 439 (17.4) | 679 (21.3) | 140 (5.3) | 155 (6.9) | |||
| 19–50 | 817 (43.0) | 568 (31.8) | 1180 (46.8) | 947 (29.8) | 583 (22.3) | 405 (18.1) | |||
| 51–75 | 297 (15.6) | 337 (18.6) | 278 (11.0) | 549 (17.3) | 726 (27.8) | 832 (37.1) | |||
| > 75 | 199 (10.5) | 104 (15.8) | 44 (1.7) | 77 (2.4) | 1000 (38.2) | 649 (29.0) | |||
| Patient’s residence | |||||||||
| Urban area | 939 (49.4) | 824 (46.1) | <0.001 | 1368 (54.3) | 1523 (47.9) | <0.001 | 1178 (45.0) | 871 (38.9) | <0.001 |
| Rural area | 893 (47.0) | 918 (51.3) | 1049 (41.6) | 1569 (49.3) | 1409 (53.8) | 1357 (60.6) | |||
| Missing data | 67 (3.5) | 47 (2.6) | 104 (4.1) | 91 (2.9) | 32 (1.2) | 57 (0.6) | |||
aTested using a chi-square test