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Table 6 Frequency of agreement in each item of Phenylketonuria Perceived Barrier to Treatment Inventory according to adherence and age group

From: Development of an inventory to assess perceived barriers related to PKU treatment

Perceived barriers (items)

Adherence statusa

Age group

Good Adherence (n = 12)

n (%)

Poor Adherence (n = 10)

n (%)

Fisher’s Exact test

p

Younger than 18 years old

(n = 11)

n (%)

18 years old or older

(n = 12)

n (%)

Fisher’s Exact test

p

Patient-related factors

 1

4 (57.1)

3 (42.9)

1.000

1 (14.3)

6 (85.7)

0.069

 2

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

0.056

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

0.155

 3

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

1.000

0

2 (100)

0.478

 4

4 (57.1)

3 (42.9)

1.000

2 (28.6)

5 (71.4)

0.371

 5

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

0.624

0

5 (100)

0.037

 6

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

0.293

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

0.590

 7

0

4 (100)

0.029

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

0.590

 8

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

0.391

4 (36.4)

7 (63.6)

0.414

 10

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

0.571

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

1.000

Social Economic- related factors

 12

0 (0)

2 (100)

0.195

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

1.000

 13

0 (0)

2 (100)

0.195

0 (0)

3 (100)

0.217

Treatment-related factors

 14

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

0.135

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

1.000

 15

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

0.624

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

0.155

 16

2 (28.6)

5 (71.4)

0.172

3 (42.9)

4 (57.1)

1.000

 17

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

0.624

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

0.317

 18

5 (50.0)

5 (50.0)

1.000

3 (27.3)

8 (72.7)

0.100

 19

9 (52.9)

8 (47.1)

1.000

7 (38.9)

11 (61.1)

0.155

 20

5 (35.7)

9 (64.3)

0.031

4 (26.7)

11 (73.3)

0.009

Condition-related factors

 21

5 (45.5)

6 (54.6)

0.670

5 (41.7)

7 (58.3)

0.684

 22

3 (42.9)

4 (57.1)

0.652

2 (28.6)

5 (71.4)

0.371

Health care team and system-related factors

 23

0 (0)

2 (100)

0.195

0 (0)

2 (100)

0.478

 24

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

0.571

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

1.000

 25

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

0.571

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

1.000

 26

3 (42.9)

4 (57.1)

0.652

5 (71.4)

2 (28.6)

0.193

 27

4 (44.4)

5 (55.6)

0.666

4 (44.4)

5 (55.6)

1.000

  1. Notes. Patient adherence = phenylalanine level according to the last blood exam prior to study
  2. a One patient had no information regarding recent adherence
  3. Statistic significances are printed in bold font