Table 3.

Medication Adherence Strategies Used by Persons with HIV Who Do Not Request Health-Related Information Assistance and Those Who Do Request Assistance

	Does not request assistance		Requests assistance
	N=245		N=229
Adherence strategy	N	%	N	%	OR 95%CI	AdjustedaOR 95%CI
Pill box
Never	134	55	35	42
Intermittent	41	16	60	26
Consistent	70	29	73	32	1.17* 1.03–1.35	1.21** 1.05–1.39
Leaves pills in visible place
Never	102	41	69	30
Intermittent	66	26	72	32
Consistent	77	31	87	38	1.19* 1.03–1.37	1.24** 1.06–1.43
Uses an alarm clock
Never	203	82	160	70
Intermittent	22	9	43	19
Consistent	20	8	25	11	1.29** 1.08–1.55	1.32** 1.09–1.59
Uses an alarm watch
Never	211	86	171	75
Intermittent	16	7	41	18
Consistent	18	7	16	7	1.27* 1.05–1.54	1.29* 1.05–1.57
Asks a friend or family to remind
Never	199	81	126	55
Intermittent	42	17	85	37
Consistent	4	2	18	8	1.81** 1.50–2.20	1.84** 1.50–2.25
Uses mealtime as reminder
Never	110	45	69	31
Intermittent	98	40	106	46
Consistent	37	15	54	23	1.32** 1.13–1.54	1.34** 1.14–1.58
Calendar
Never	178	73	126	55
Intermittent	48	19	73	32
Consistent	19	8	30	13	1.38** 1.17–1.62	1.41**, 1.19–1.68

^*p<0.05, ^**p<0.01; ^aadjusted for health literacy score.