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

Table 4

Univariate analysis of doxycycline group between adherent and nonadherent individuals.

Characteristic	Nonadherent		Adherent		value	OR ± 95 CI
		(%)		(%)
Total = 396 (100)	76	100	294	100
Sex
Male	53	69.7	178	60.5	0.07	1.5 (0.87–1.61)
female	23	30.1	116	39.5
Nationality
Non-Kuwaiti	65	85.5	157	53.4	0.0001	5.1 (2.66–10.58)
Kuwaiti	11	14.5	137	46.6
Education
Not educated	12	15.8	3	1.0
Primary, secondary	16	21.1	62	21.1	0.0001	14.9 (3.5–92.1)
Above secondary	18	23.7	104	35.4	0.0001	22.3 (5.33–135.1)
University	23	30.3	36	12.2	0.004	6.1 (1.4–37.4)
Postgraduate	7	9.2	89	30.3	0.0001	46.9 (9.9–320.7)
Occupation
Not working	10	13.2	61	20.7
White collar	20	26.3	183	63.3	0.2	1.5 (0.63–3.35)
Blue collar	19	25	14	4.8	0.0001	0.12 (0.05–0.32)
Domestic helper	27	35.5	36	12.2	0.0001	0.22 (0.09–0.5)
Travel purpose
Family visit	21	27.6	7	2.4
Leisure	43	56.6	199	67.7	0.0001	13.7 (5.6–36.6)
Work	12	15.8	88	29.9	0.0001	21.1 (7.6–64.3)
Travel style
Independent	52	68.4	44	15.0	0.00001	12.2 (6.9–22.1)
Organized	24	31.6	250	85.0
Destination
South America	2	2.6	1	0.3
Asia	20	26.3	57	19.4	0.06	5.6 (0.27–343)
Africa	54	71.1	236	80.3	0.09	8.6 (0.44–517.1)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	-test
Age (years)	37.5	12.4	40.6	9.6	0.02
Travel duration (W)	4.1	1.2	5.0	1.2	0.0001

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