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Table 1 Outcomes of the study

From: SMS reminders to improve the tuberculosis cure rate in developing countries (TB-SMS Cameroon): a protocol of a randomised control study

Outcomes

Measure of outcomes

Type

Statistical analysis

Primary

   

Cure

Percentage of cured patients

  

Bacilloscopy (second, fifth, sixth months)

Percentage of patients with positive or negative bacilloscopy results

Categorical

Chi-square

Cure (sixth month)

Percentage of cured patients

Binary

Chi-square

Logistic regression

Secondary

   

Adherence of patients to treatment (second, fifth, sixth months)

   

Drug prescriptions collected and doses taken (visual analogue scale)

Percentage of adherence to treatment during the last 30 days

Continuous

t-test

Keeping appointments

 

Binary

Chi-square

Punctuality of appointments

 

Categorical

Chi-square

Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (fifth and sixth months)

Percentage of patients with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis

Binary

Chi-square

Satisfaction (sixth month)

Satisfaction

Continuous

t-test