Determinants of Adherence with Malaria Chemoprophylactic Drugs Used in a Traveler’s Health Clinic

Table 3

Univariate analysis of mefloquine group between adherent and nonadherent individuals.

Characteristic	Nonadherent		Adherent		P value	OR ± 95 CI
	N	(%)	N	(%)
Total = 149 (100)	73	100	323	100
Sex
Male	45	61.7	202	62.5	0.4	0.96 (0.57–1.63)
Female	28	38.3	121	37.5
Nationality
Non-Kuwaiti	55	75.3	186	57.6	0.002	2.25 (1.28–4.08)
Kuwaiti	18	24.7	137	42.4
Education
Not educated	8	11	3	0.9
Primary, secondary	17	23.3	72	22.3	0.0005	10.9 (2.32–70.6)^#
Above secondary	15	20.5	144	44.6	0.0001	24.6 (5.23–159.3)^#
University	20	27.4	53	16.4	0.005	6.87 (1.46–44.3)^#
Postgraduate	13	17.8	51	15.8	0.001	10.3 (2.43–45.04)^#
Occupation
Not working	6	8	67	20.7
White collar	25	34.2	164	50.8	0.13	0.6 (0.21–1.44)
Blue collar	26	35.6	31	9.5	0.0001	0.11 (0.04–0.28)
Domestic helper	16	21.9	61	18.9	0.01	0.34 (0.12–0.92)
Travel purpose
Family visit	18	24.7	34	10.5
Leisure	34	46.6	232	71.8	0.0001	3.6 (1.8–7.1)
Work	21	28.8	87	26.9	0.01	2.18 (1.03–4.63)
Travel style
Independent	43	58.9	77	23.8	0.0001	4.6 (2.7–7.8)
Organized	30	41.1	246	76.2
Destination
South America	7	9.5	1	0.3
Asia	33	45.2	63	19.5	0.004	13.05 (1.57–611.5)
Africa	33	45.2	259	80.2	0.0001	53.6 (7.96–2485)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	-test
Age (years)	38.5	11.9	42.6	10.3	0.003
Travel duration (W)	4.0	1.0	5.2	1.1	0.0001

Reference value for comparison.
Fisher’s exact test (chi square).