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Table 5 Sociodemographic characteristics of withdrawn participants (transferred and lost to follow-up) versus all followed participants at 6 months

From: SMS reminders to improve adherence and cure of tuberculosis patients in Cameroon (TB-SMS Cameroon): a randomised controlled trial

Variables

Withdrawn at 6th month (Transferred out + lost to follow-up) n = 93

Present or deceased at 6th month n = 186

p

Gender: n (%)

 Female

34 (36.6)

80 (43.0)

0.30

 Male

59 (63.4)

106 (57.0)

Age (years): n (%)

 18–25

18 (19.4)

38 (20.4)

0.99

 26–40

54 (58.1)

109 (58.6)

 41–55

16 (17.2)

30 (16.1)

 56–80

5 (5.4)

9 (4.8)

Level of education: n (%)

 None

4 (4.3)

7 (3.8)

0.09

 Nusery/primary

32 (34.4)

40 (21.5)

 Secondary

44 (47.3)

99 (53.2)

 Tertiary

13 (14.0)

40 (21.5)

Marital status: n (%)

 Single

60 (64.5)

117 (62.9)

0.21

 Married

26 (28.0)

51 (27.4)

 Cohabitation

3 (3.2)

15 (8.1)

 Widower

4 (4.3)

2 (1.1)

 Divorced

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

Social category: n (%)

 Student

11 (11.8)

35 (18.8)

0.17

 Working in public sector

4 (4.3)

17 (9.1)

 Working in formal private sector

15 (16.1)

20 (10.8)

 Working in informal private sector

25 (26.9)

53 (28.5)

 No work

38 (40.9)

61 (32.8)

Monthly income (XAF/ US Dollars): n (%)

  < 50,000

28 (30.1)

43 (23.1)

0.36

 50,000–149,000

13 (14.0)

32 (17.2)

  > 149,000

1 (1.1)

7 (3.8)

 Not reported

51 (54.8)

104 (55.9)

HIV status: n (%)

 Negative

63 (67.8)

120 (64.5)

0.40

 Positive

15 (16.1)

24 (12.9)

 Unknown

15 (16.1)

42 (22.6)

  1. Step by step binary logistic regression was done for all variables (p > 0.05)