Table 4.
Frequency of Pocketing Doses and Strategies for Remembering to Take Pocketed Doses Among HIV-Positive Participants Who Reported Ever Having Pocketed Doses (n = 22)
| Number of Persons (%) | |
|---|---|
| Frequency of pocketing doses | |
| Rarely | 8 (36) |
| Always or frequently | 5 (23) |
| Occasionally | 7 (32) |
| Doesn’t recall | 2 (9) |
| Sometimes forgets to take pocketed doses | 5 (23) |
| Sometimes takes pocketed dose later than intended | 3 (14) |
| Strategies for remembering to take pocketed dosesa | |
| No strategies used | 7 (50) |
| Meals/food | 8 (21) |
| Visual aids | 2 (14) |
| Pill box | 1 (7) |
| Notes placed in strategic locations | 1 (7) |
a
The denominator for percentages of patients who reported each strategy for remembering to take pocketed doses is 14, the number of patients who reported pocketing doses more than rarely; strategies for pocketing doses weren’t explored among patients who reported pocketing doses only rarely. For all other themes, the denominator is 22, the number of patients who reported ever having pocketed a dose.