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Table 3 Five-year therapeutic adherence of persons 10 years and above in the surveyed districts

From: Audit of the community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) for onchocerciasis and factors associated with adherence in three regions of Cameroon

  

Bafia HD

Foumbot-Massangam HD

Yabassi HD

  

n

% (95% CI)

P

n

% (95% CI)

P

n

% (95% CI)

P

Gender

  

0.58

  

0.43

  

0.25

 Female

414

55.3 (41.3–68.5)

 

478

65.4 (53.4–75.7)

 

281

45.8 (35.6–56.3)

 

 Male

379

57.5 (43.5–70.4)

 

419

62.5 (46.7–76.0)

 

249

51.8 (39.4–64.0)

 

Age category (years)

  

0.12

  

0.07

  

0.004

 10–19

245

55.9 (40.1–70.7)

 

320

61.3 (46.2–74.5)

 

137

54.0 (40.9–66.6)

 

 20–29

160

50.0 (35.8–64.2)

 

193

65.0 (51.5–76.4)

 

123

34.7 (23.2–48.4)

 

 30–39

126

61.9 (48.3–73.9)

 

153

63.4 (49.4–75.4)

 

89

48.3 (35.5–61.3)

 

 40–49

105

59.0 (44.0–72.5)

 

103

75.7 (60.3–86.5)

 

74

62.2 (46.7–75.5)

 

 50–59

71

73.2 (56.0–85.4)

 

76

81.7 (65.7–91.2)

 

56

46.5 (30.4–63.5)

 

 60+

86

68.4 (53.2–80.5)

 

52

78.3 (52.4–92.2)

 

51

70.4 (56.7–81.2)

 

Participants according to the profession of the head of household

0.009

  

0.09

  

0.48

 Civil servant

82

39.3 (20.2–62.4)

 

98

75.2 (51.8–89.6)

 

56

58.5 (37.3–77.0)

 

 Private sector worker

21

91.6 (83.1–96.0)

 

32

89.4 (74.4–96.1)

 

17

47.1 (19.2–76.9)

 

 Farmer

444

64.9 (48.8–78.1)

 

442

62.3 (44.7–77.1)

 

189

50.6 (36.0–65.0)

 

 Trader

63

55.8 (33.4–76.0)

 

109

74.3 (55.5–87.0)

 

25

50.9 (30.3–71.2)

 

 Unskilled worker

45

55.6 (31.5–77.3)

 

74

40.5 (16.9–69.5)

 

77

59.9 (35.1–80.5)

 

 Jobless

136

34.9 (19.5–54.1)

 

138

61.7 (45.0–76.1)

 

161

37.8 (20.8–58.4)

 

Participants according to the educational level of the head of household

0.50

  

0.13

  

0.47

 Never attended school

68

70.2 (44.7–87.3)

 

63

54.4 (26.1–80.2)

 

37

49.2 (21.5–77.3)

 

 Primary school

322

57.5 (41.6–72.0)

 

412

67.0 (52.6–78.7)

 

201

45.4 (34.5–56.8)

 

 Secondary school

366

54.3 (38.2–69.5)

 

384

59.8 (44.5–73.3)

 

241

53.9 (42.7–64.7)

 

 University

36

44.9 (23.3–68.5)

 

38

92.6 (56.6–99.2)

 

50

34.4 (12.0–66.9)

 

History of side effects during past treatments

0.014

  

0.93

  

0.66

 No

735

57.5 (44.0–69.9)

 

859

64.5 (51.1–76.0)

 

451

48.7 (38.3–59.2)

 

 Yes

54

38.2 (23.4–55.5)

 

30

63.5 (34.2–85.3)

 

68

53.2 (32.6–72.8)

 

Perception of the risk to catch onchocerciasis

0.70

  

0.19

  

0.003

 No

213

53.2 (37.5–68.3)

 

282

71.9 (64.2–78.4)

 

114

27.3 (15.4–43.5)

 

 Yes

578

57.3 (40.9–72.2)

 

615

60.4 (42.4–75.9)

 

416

54.1 (43.7–64.2)

 

Involvement of parents in CDTI

  

0.005

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 High

42

97.3 (86.9–99.5)

 

88

96.4 (77.1–99.5)

 

17

84.8 (75.6–90.9)

 

 Average

65

66.3 (39.9–85.3)

 

140

90.4 (84.2–94.4)

 

66

78.8 (54.2–92.1)

 

 Low

686

53.2 (39.0–66.9)

 

669

55.2 (40.8–68.7)

 

447

42.6 (32.4–53.5)

 

Five-year adherence

793

56.4 (42.9–68.9)

 

897

64.0 (50.6–75.6)

 

530

48.5 (38.4–58.7)

0.24*

  1. Abbreviations: HD health district, CDTI community-directed treatment with ivermectin; In bold: P-value <5%; *P-value of the comparison between the three HDs