Research Article
Patients’ Knowledge of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy Treatment and Its Impact on Patient Adherence
Table 3
Knowledge of treatment of malaria and its relationship to adherence.
| Respondents awareness | N () | Adherent | Non-Adherent | P Value |
| Name of ACTs prescribed | 166(96) | 101 | 65 | 0.056 | Dosage of ACTs recommended | 135(78) | 79 | 56 | 0.089 | Efficacy of antimalarial medication | 153(90) | 140 | 13 | 0.003 | Side effects of antimalarial medication | 100(58) | 45 | 55 | 0.191 | Benefits of completing treatment course. | 169(98) | 150 | 19 | 0.001 | Duration for taking antimalarial medication. | 127(74) | 100 | 27 | 0.293 | Time interval between the next doses of antimalarial medication. | 100(58) | 78 | 22 | 0.053 | Consequences of not completing the doses of antimalarial medication prescribed | 80(46) | 78 | 2 | 0.002 |
| Overall knowledge score | 79 | | | |
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