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Table 1 Characteristics of trial participants

From: How experiences become data: the process of eliciting adverse event, medical history and concomitant medication reports in antimalarial and antiretroviral interaction trials

 

All participants from the sampling frames

Subgroup of participants interviewed

 

South Africa (n = 18)

Tanzania (n = 80)

South Africa (n = 11)

Tanzania (n = 16)

Number (%) female

13 (72.2)

53 (66.3)

8 (72.7)

9 (56.3)

Median (IQR) age in years

37.1 (33.4 - 39.7)

40 (32.0 – 36.5)

38.1 (35.0 – 42.1)

34.5 (24.5 – 48.5)

Number (%) HIV positive

18 (100.0)

69 (86.3)

11 (100.0)

10 (62.5)

Number taking ARVs

18 (100.0)

63 (78.8)

11 (100.0)

9 (56.3)

Highest education completed number (%)

Data not available for South Africa

 

Unknown for 1 participant in South Africa

 
 

None/incomplete primary

 

26 (32.5)

0

6 (37.5)

 

Primary school

 

53 (66.3)

3 (27.3)

10 (62.5)

 

Secondary school

 

1 (1.3)

4 (36.4)

0

 

Higher education

 

0

3 (27.3)

0