Treatment Adherence among HIV and TB Patients Using Single and Double Way Mobile Phone Text Messages: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 5

Adherence to ART treatment and clinical characteristics among participants from the Buea and Kumba Hospitals.

Clinical characteristics		Adherence status
		Poor	Good	χ^2	-value
		No (%)	No (%)
HAART regimen	First line	136 (69.4)	60 (30.6)	0.159	0.690
	Second line	9 (64.3)	5 (35.7)
	Total	145 (69.0)	65 (31.0)
Duration on HAART (months)	1-4	81 (74.3)	28 (25.7)	10.334	0.006
	5-7	38 (76.0)	12 (24.0)
	>7	26 (51.0)	25 (49.0)
	Total	145 (69.0)	65 (31.0)
Past history TB Infection	No	118 (69.4)	52 (30.6)	0.055	0.814
	Yes	27 (67.5)	13 (32.5)
	Total	145 (69.0)	65 (31.0)
Presence of Other disease (malaria, Cryptosporidium parvum spp)	No	140 (69.7)	61 (30.3)	0.801	0.371
	Yes	5 (55.6)	4 (44.4)
	Total	145 (69.0)	65 (31.0)

χ²: Chi square.