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Table 4 Comparison between adult caregivers who rejected or adhered to SMS/voice phone call reminders

From: Barriers to the implementation of mobile phone reminders in pediatric HIV care: a pre-trial analysis of the Cameroonian MORE CARE study

 

SMS reminder

Voice call reminder

One of both reminder

 

Adhere (n = 290)

Reject (n = 11)

p

Adhere (n = 298)

Reject (n = 3)

p

Adhere (n = 287)

Reject (n = 14)

p

Caregivers’ age, years

50.0 (11.9)

42.6 (13.4)

.07

42.9 (13.4)

38.3 (11.5)

.557

47.5 (12.4)

42.6 (13.4)

.18

Male caregivers

42 (14.5)

4 (36.4)

.07

46 (15.4)

0

1.0

42 (14.6)

14 (100.0)

.24

Caregivers’ level of education

         

- No formal/Primary

221 (76.2)

8 (72.7)

.73

226 (75.8)

3 (100.0)

1.0

218 (76.0)

11 (78.6)

1.0

- Secondary/University

69 (23.8)

3 (27.3)

72 (24.2)

0

69 (24.0)

3 (21.4)

Time to scheduled appointment

29.4 (15.4)

31.8 (14.5)

.60

29.5 (15.4)

28.3 (3.5)

.90

29.4 (15.4)

31.1 (12.9)

.69

  1. Data are n (%) or mean (standard deviation).