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Table 2 Patterns of cellphone use and willingness to be contacted through cellphone among patients on ART at University of Gondar Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2014 (n = 316)

From: Willingness to receive text message medication reminders among patients on antiretroviral treatment in North West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

  

Number

Percent

Use cellphone as medication reminder

Yes

225

71.2

No

91

28.8

Preferred way of routine cellphone communication

Voice call

273

86.4

Text

40

12.9

Email

3

0.3

How often do you have your cellphone with you

Always

271

85.8

Not always

45

14.2

Cellphone, damaged, lost, or stolen in the past

Yes

163

51.6

No

153

48.4

Have other phone number

Yes

79

25

No

237

75

Switch off cellphone during the day

Yes

58

18.4

No

258

81.6

There are times or places where no calls are answered

Yes

119

37.7

No

197

62.3

There are times, places or situations that unknown calls are answered

Yes

123

38.9

No

193

61.1

Store cellphone where others could use and access

Yes

169

53.5

No

147

46.5

Share cellphone with others

Yes

131

41.5

No

185

58.5

Lock cellphone with password

Yes

93

29.4

No

223

70.6

Read and send text messages with cellphone

Yes

228

72.2

No

88

27.8

Likelihood of text message to be seen by others

Very Likely

69

21.8

Likely

132

41.8

Unlikely

25

7.9

Very Unlikely

90

28.5

Use internet with cellphone

Yes

62

19.6

No

254

80.4

Willingness to be contacted by cellphone(voice call, text or both)

Yes

303

95.9

No

13

4.1

Willingness to receive text message ART medication reminders

Yes

161

50.9

No

155

49.1

Willingness to pay for text message ART medication reminders

Yes

269

85.1

No

47

14.9