Table 4.
Comparison of compliance to follow-up rate with sociodemographic profile.
| Characteristics | First f/ua attended (n=83), n (%) | P value | Second f/u attended (n=32), n (%) | P value | Third f/u attended (n=8), n (%) | P value | ||||||
| Gender | .34 |
|
.26 |
|
.45 | |||||||
|
|
Male | 55 (66.27) |
|
17 (53.13) |
|
6 (75) |
|
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|
|
Female | 28 (33.73) |
|
15 (46.88) |
|
2 (25) |
|
|||||
| Age group | .16 |
|
.79 |
|
.94 | |||||||
|
|
≤8 years | 66 (79.52) |
|
23 (71.88) |
|
6 (75) |
|
|||||
|
|
>8 years | 17 (20.48) |
|
9 (28.13) |
|
2 (25) |
|
|||||
| Parents or guardian | .14 |
|
.90 |
|
.16 | |||||||
|
|
Mother or both parents | 62 (79.49) |
|
23 (79.31) |
|
8 (100) |
|
|||||
|
|
Father | 16 (20.51) |
|
6 (20.69) |
|
0 |
|
|||||
|
|
Others | 5 (1.89) |
|
3 (1.13) |
|
0 |
|
|||||
| Ethnicity | .15 |
|
.69 |
|
.58 | |||||||
|
|
Aryan | 44 (53.01) |
|
18 (56.25) |
|
4 (50) |
|
|||||
|
|
Mongol and others | 39 (46.99) |
|
14 (43.75) |
|
4 (50) |
|
|||||
| Educational status of parent or guardian | .31 |
|
.21 |
|
.90 | |||||||
|
|
Illiterate | 10 (12.05) |
|
3 (9.38) |
|
1 (12.50) |
|
|||||
|
|
Primary | 9 (10.85) |
|
1 (3.13) |
|
1 (12.50) |
|
|||||
|
|
Secondary and higher secondary | 45 (54.22) |
|
18 (56.25) |
|
4 (50) |
|
|||||
|
|
Bachelor and above | 19 (22.89) |
|
10 (31.25) |
|
2 (25) |
|
|||||
| Occupation | .68 |
|
.21 |
|
.48 | |||||||
|
|
Non–income-generating group | 51 (61.45) |
|
17 (53.13) |
|
6 (75) |
|
|||||
|
|
Income-generating group | 32 (38.55 |
|
15 (46.88) |
|
2 (25) |
|
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aF/u: follow-up.