Table 2 Reason for not consuming DEC tablets among those received in different rounds of treatment
Reasons | TR 1 n = 170 | TR 2 n = 426 | TR 3 n = 445 | TR 4 n = 943 | TR 5 n = 485 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
Aged | 12 | 7.1 | 13 | 3.1 | 11 | 2.5 | 21 | 2.2 | 15 | 3.1 |
Sick/under treatment | 36 | 21.2 | 79 | 18.5 | 70 | 15.7 | 147 | 15.6 | 103 | 21.2 |
Pregnant and lactating | 13 | 7.6 | 22 | 5.2 | 35 | 7.9 | 38 | 4.0 | 17 | 3.5 |
Fear of side reaction | 47 | 27.6 | 120 | 28.2 | 133 | 29.9 | 398 | 42.2 | 123 | 25.4 |
Forgot | 22 | 12.9 | 65 | 15.3 | 87 | 19.6 | 99 | 10.5 | 84 | 17.3 |
No disease/not willing | 30 | 17.6 | 88 | 20.7 | 95 | 21.3 | 153 | 16.2 | 102 | 21.0 |
Out of station | 10 | 5.9 | 39 | 9.2 | 14 | 3.1 | 87 | 9.2 | 41 | 8.5 |