Table 3.
Use of text messaging and its association with demographic characteristics (N=185).
| Variables | SMSa not usedb (n=119), n (%) | SMS used (n=66), n (%) | Unadjusted ORc
(95% CI) |
Adjustedd,e OR (95% CI) |
|
| Sex, n (%) | |||||
|
|
Female | 45 (63) | 26 (37) | Referentf | —g |
|
|
Male | 74 (64.9) | 40 (35.1) | 0.936 (0.505-1.734) | — |
| Age (years) | |||||
|
|
≥32, n (%) | 78 (80) | 19 (20) | Referent | Referent |
|
|
<32, n (%) | 41 (47) | 47 (53) | 4.716 (2.450-9.009) | 2.314 (1.068-5.025) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||
|
|
Married | 89 (72.4) | 34 (27.6) | Referent | — |
|
|
Single | 30 (48) | 32 (52) | 2.793 (1.479-5.263) | — |
| Residence, n (%) | |||||
|
|
Rural | 52 (81) | 12 (19) | Referent | — |
|
|
Urban | 67 (55.4) | 54 (44.6) | 3.493 (1.695-7.195) | — |
| Education status, n (%) | |||||
|
|
No formal education | 38 (95) | 2 (5) | Referent | — |
|
|
Formal education | 81 (55.9) | 64 (44.1) | 15.012 (3.489-64.591) | — |
| Literate in English, n (%) | |||||
|
|
No | 99 (85.3) | 17 (14.7) | Referent | Referent |
|
|
Yes | 20 (29) | 49 (71) | 14.268 (6.865-29.654) | 8.678 (4.019-18.740) |
| Monthly income (Indian Rupee), n (%) | |||||
|
|
<5000 | 64 (73) | 24 (27) | Referent | — |
|
|
≥5000 | 55 (57) | 42 (43) | 2.036 (1.098-3.776) | — |
| Treatment observation, n (%) | |||||
|
|
In-person directly observed treatment | 28 (64) | 16 (36) | Referent | — |
|
|
Self-administered treatment | 33 (73) | 12 (27) | 0.636 (0.258-1.569) | — |
|
|
Not initiated | 58 (60) | 38 (40) | 1.147 (0.548-2.398) | — |
| Recruitment center, n (%) | |||||
|
|
Public health care facility | 18 (69) | 8 (31) | Referent | — |
|
|
St John’s Medical College Hospital (private) | 101 (63.5) | 58 (36.5) | 1.292 (0.529-3.157) | — |
aSMS: short message service.
bComprised those who did not use SMSs as they did not have a phone and those who had a phone but did not use the feature.
cOR: odds ratio.
dLogistic regression model P value<.001 (Forward stepwise [Conditional] method); Nagelkerke R2: 0.445 (step 3); −2 Log-likelihood: 168.595 (step 3).
eOnly variables retained in the final regression model have an adjusted OR.
fReferent: reference category.
gNot applicable.