Table 2 Adherence to anti-retroviral therapy and reasons for missed medication
Week 4 (n = 207) | Week 24 (n = 188) | Week 48 (n = 177) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SE) | 99.2 (0.2) | 98.4 (0.4) | 96.0 (1.2) |
95% CI | 98.8–99.6 | 97.6–99.2 | 93.7–98.3 |
Range | 80–100 | 37–100 | 0–100 |
≥ 95%, n (%) | 195 (90.7%) | 177 (82.3%) | 160 (74.4%) |
< 100, n (%) | 23 (11.1%) | 58 (30.9%) | 50 (28.3%) |
Reasons for missed medications among VAS < 100%, n (%) | |||
Forgot | 12 (52.2%) | 31 (63.8%) | 34 (68.0%) |
Pill not with participant | 6 (26.1%) | 8 (13.8%) | 9 (18.0%) |
Too busy to take them | 2 (8.7%) | 10 (17.2%) | 6 (12.0%) |
Too many pills to take | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Medications make me sick | 1 (4.4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Did not want others to see me take pills | 2 (8.7%) | 3 (5.2%) | 1 (2.0%) |
Slept through dose | 4 (17.4%) | 17 (29.3%) | 2 (4.0%) |
Felt depressed or overwhelmed | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Could not follow the directions | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Too drunk or high | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.7%) | 1 (2.0%) |
Traveling | 1 (4.4%) | 2 (3.5%) | 0 (0%) |
Ran out of medications | 1 (4.4%) | 12 (1.7%) | 2 (4.0%) |
Others | 0 (0%) | 4 (6.9%) | 5 (10.0%) |