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

Table 6

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

Clinical characteristics		Adherence status
		Poor No (%)	Good No (%)	-value
HIV co-infection	No	26 (56.5)	20 (43.5)	0.137	0.711
	Yes	23 (60.5)	15 (39.5)
	Total	49 (58.3)	35 (41.7)
Duration on TB treatment (Months)	1-3	35 (55.6)	28 (44.4)	0.800	0.371
	4	14 (66.7)	7 (33.3)
	Total	49 (58.3)	35 (41.7)
Presence of other disease (malaria, Cryptosporidium parvum spp)	No	31 (55.4)	25 (44.6)	0.612	0.434
	Yes	18 (64.3)	10 (35.7)
	Total	49 (58.3)	35 (41.7)

χ²: Chi square.