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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2011 Jul 21;378(9790):507–514. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60825-8

Table 2.

Adherence by treatment arm among patients that returned for 6-week follow-up

Returned for 6-week follow-up Standard Concomitant Sequential Total
N=475 N=471 N=470 N=1416
Amount of Medication Taken (N, %)*
 All (100%) 427 (89·9) 442 (93·8) 437 (93) 1306 (92·2)
 Nearly all (>80%) 7 (1·5) 0 (0) 2 (0·4) 9 (0·6)
 Most (50%–80%) 24 (5·1) 14 (3) 21 (4·5) 59 (4·2)
 Less than half (<50%) 10 (2·1) 8 (1·7) 5 (1·1) 23 (1·6)
 Undetermined (but not all) 7 (1·5) 5 (1·1) 5 (1·1) 17 (1·2)
 None 0 (0) 2 (0·4) 0 (0) 2 (0·1)
Reasons for not taking all meds (N, %)**
 Concern about having or developing side effects 41 (8·6) 28 (5·9) 33 (7·0) 102 (7·2)
 Unrelated illness/injury 3 (0·6) 1 (0·2) 5 (1·1) 9 (0·6)
 Forgot or inconvenient 36 (7·6) 25 (5·3) 37 (7·9) 98 (6·9)
 Reason not given 0 (0) 3 (0·6) 2 (0·4) 5 (0·4)
*

Based on count of returned medication and self-report among participants who returned for a follow-up UBT.

**

Multiple responses allowed.