Patients’ Knowledge of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy Treatment and Its Impact on Patient Adherence

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis of patient knowledge on antimalarial treatment (ACTs) with adherence.

Respondents awareness	K Level	Not Adh	Adh	Total N()	COR [95CI]	AOR [95CI]
Efficacy of malarial treatment	Kn	7	120	127(83)	5.14[2.6, 12.52]	4.22[1.7, 15.01]
	Not Kn	6	20	26(17)	1.0	1.0
Benefits of completing treatment course.	Kn	12	140	152(90)	6.36[1.3, 14.9]	4.10[0.34, 13.0]
	Not Kn	6	11	17(10)	1.0	1.0
Consequences of not completing the doses of antimalarial medication prescribed	Kn	3	77	80 (46)	7.13[3.4, 20.7]	6.05[1.29, 28.3]
	Not Kn	20	72	92(54)	1.0	1.0

Kn: knowledgeable.