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Table 3 Comparison of adult caregivers of children requiring follow-up medical care for HIV with and without mobile phone

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

 

With phone (n = 286)

Without mobile phone (n = 15)

pvalue

Sites

   

- Rural

105 (36.7)

14 (93.3)

< .001

- Semi-urban

141 (49.3)

1 (6.7)

- Urban

40 (14.0)

0

Caregivers mean age, years

42.6 (13.5)

46.9 (11.5)

.23

Caregivers male

43 (15.0)

3 (20.0)

.71

Caregivers level of education

   

- No formal/Primary

219 (76.6)

10 (66.7)

.36

- Secondary/University

67 (23.4)

5 (33.3)

Unable to communicate via text message in NOL

38 (13.3)

9 (60.0)

< .001

Unable to communicate via voice phone call in NOL

24 (8.4)

7 (46.7)

< .001

Declined to receive text message

9 (3.1)

2 (13.3)

.09

Declined to receive voice phone call

3 (1.0)

0

1.0

  1. NOL: National official languages.
  2. Data are n (%) or mean (standard deviation).