Research Article
Treatment Adherence among HIV and TB Patients Using Single and Double Way Mobile Phone Text Messages: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 9
Combined single-way and double-way adherence to ART before and after 6 months of intervention.
| | | Adherence | Effect estimate | | Poor | Good | RR (95% CI) | -value | | No (%) | No (%) |
| | Combined groups (SWS and DWS) | Baseline | 96 (68.6) | 44 (31.4) | 1.28 (1.05-1.57) | 0.012 | | 6 months intervention | 63 (53.4) | 55 (46.6) | | | | Total | 159 (61.6) | 99 (38.4) | | |
| | Control group | Baseline | 49 (70.0) | 21 (50.0) | 1.28 (0.96-1.71) | 0.081 | | 6 months intervention | 29 (54.7) | 24 (45.3) | | | | Total | 78 (63.4) | 45 (36.6) | | |
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SWS: single-way SMS; DWS: double-way SMS; CI: confidence interval; RR: risk ratio.
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