Adherence to Artesunate-Amodiaquine Therapy for Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Ghana: A Randomised Trial of Supervised versus Unsupervised Drug Administration
Table 1
Age, sex, and educational characteristics of study participants.
Supervised ()
Unsupervised ()
Number of respondents
211
190
Mean age, years (95 CI)
38.1 (37.7–40.4),
39.5 (37.1–41.9)
Sex
Males
34.6 (73)
36.8 (70)
Females
65.4 (138)
63.2 (120)
Educational background
None
44.5 (94)
53.7 (102)
Primary
20.9 (44)
16.8 (32)
Middle school, JSS
29.4 (62)
27.4 (52)
Technical/commercial/SSS/post Sec
5.2 (11)
2.1 (4)
Physical Examination
Mean weight, Kg (95 CI)
49.6 (48.5–50.7)
49.7 (48.7–50.7)
Mean temperature (95 CI)
37.9 (37.8–38.0)
38.0 (37.9–38.0)
Biochemical
Proportion with sexual parasite ()
2.4 (5/211)
3.2 (6/190)
Mean hemoglobin, g/dL (95 CI)
12.4 (12.1–12.6)
12.4 (11.4–13.3)
Geometric mean ALT, U/L (95 CI)
9.0 (7.9, 10.2)
8.7 (7.6, 10.1)
Geometric mean AST, U/L (95 CI)
35.0 (32.9, 37.1)
35.9 (33.6, 38.3)
Geometric mean TBil, μmol/L (95 CI)
12.2 (11.1, 13.5)
11.6 (10.3, 13.1)
Geometric mean Ure, mmol/L (95 CI)
3.1 (2.9, 3.3)
2.8 (2.6, 3.0)
Geometric mean Cre, μmol/L ( 95 CI)
68.8 (66.2, 71.5)
67.7 (65.4, 70.1)
ALT : Alanine transaminase, AST : Aspartate transaminase, TBil : Total transaminase, Ure : Urea, Cre Creatinine, 95 CI : 95 Confidence Interval.
