Table 3.
Treatment persistence for training and control groups in relation to weekly or monthly regimen.
| Treatment persistence | Training (n = 492) | Control (n = 487) | Total (979) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration (days) | N | Mean (SD) | p value | N | Mean (SD) | p value | N | Mean (SD) | p value1 |
| Overall | 492 | 355.5 (94.6) | – | 487 | 350.4 (101.1) | – | 979 | 353.0 (97.8) | 0.363 |
| Weekly regimen | 221 | 350.0 (106.0) | 0.111 | 217 | 340 (109.0) | 0.172 | 438 | 345.0 (108.0) | 0.035 |
| Monthly regimen |
271 |
360.0 (84.0) |
270 |
359 (94.0) |
541 |
360.0 (89.0) |
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| Left the study |
Ongoing/Completed |
p value |
Left the study |
Ongoing/Completed |
p value |
Left the study |
Ongoing/Completed |
p value |
|
| 3rd month | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Overall | 64 (13.0) | 428 (87.0) | – | 58 (11.9) | 429 (88.1) | – | 122 (12.5) | 857 (87.5) | 0.565 |
| Weekly regimen | 38 (17.2) | 183 (82.8) | 0.016 | 27 (12.4) | 190 (87.6) | 0.836 | 65 (14.8) | 373 (85.2) | 0.058 |
| Monthly regimen | 17 (9.6) | 245 (90.4) | 31 (11.4) | 239 (88.5) | 57 (10.6) | 484 (89.4) | |||
| 6th month | |||||||||
| Overall | 93 (18.9) | 399 (81.1) | – | 90 (18.5) | 397 (81.5) | – | 183 (18.7) | 796 (81.3) | 0.744 |
| Weekly regimen | 50 (22.6) | 171 (77.4) | 0.082 | 39 (18.0) | 178 (82.0) | 0.647 | 89 (20.3) | 349 (79.7) | 0.351 |
| Monthly regimen | 43 (15.9) | 228 (84.1) | 51 (18.9) | 219 (81.1) | 94 (17.4) | 447 (82.6) | |||
| 9th month | |||||||||
| Overall | 109 (22.2) | 383 (77.8) | – | 116 (23.8) | 371 (76.2) | – | 225 (23.0) | 754 (77.0) | 0.583 |
| Weekly regimen | 51 (23.1) | 170 (76.9) | 0.957 | 54 (24.9) | 163 (75.1) | 0.929 | 105 (23.9) | 333 (76.1) | 0.921 |
| Monthly regimen | 58 (21.4) | 213 (78.6) | 62 (23.0) | 208 (77.0) | 120 (22.2) | 421 (77.8) | |||
| 12th month | 102 (20.7) | 390 (79.3) | – | 100 (20.5) | 387 (79.5) | – | 202 (20.6) | 777 (79.4) | 0.939 |
| Weekly regimen | 57 (25.8) | 164 (74.2) | 0.012 | 51 (23.5) | 166 (76.5) | 0.146 | 108 (24.7) | 330 (75.3) | 0.005 |
| Monthly regimen | 45 (16.6) | 226 (83.4) | 49 (18.1) | 221 (81.9) | 94 (17.4) | 447 (82.6) | |||
Mann–Whitney U test 1 training vs. control.
Values in bold indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05).