Table 3.
Reasons for non-adherence to ART and patients’ adherence support strategies
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Reasons for non-adherence (N=200) | ||
| Busy working | 66 | 33.0 |
| Forgot | 43 | 21.5 |
| Pills not with patients | 29 | 14.5 |
| Slept through dose | 23 | 11.5 |
| Travelling | 13 | 6.5 |
| Medications make me sick | 6 | 3.0 |
| Not alarmed because mobile phone turned | 6 | 3.0 |
| Did not want others to see me take pills | 5 | 2.5 |
| Drunken | 4 | 2.0 |
| Ran out of medications | 3 | 1.5 |
| Hospital admission | 1 | 0.5 |
| Take care of children | 1 | 0.5 |
| Strategies for supporting adherence (N=919) | ||
| Set the mobile phone alarm | 572 | 62.2 |
| Reminded by relatives | 233 | 25.4 |
| Self-help | 233 | 25.4 |
| Set the alarm clock | 209 | 22.7 |
| Friends, peer-supporters come to remind | 14 | 1.5 |
| Other | 5 | 0.5 |
| None | 4 | 0.4 |