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