Table 3. Reasons provided by non-adherent respondents for missing medication, N = 57.

Variable*	N	%
Forgot	38	66.7
Busy with something else	36	63.2
Asleep at time of taking medication	34	59.6
Run out of medication	25	43.9
Far from house	21	36.8
Not wanting others to know taking HIV medication	20	35.1
Too many pills to swallow	19	33.3
Feeling sick or unwell	18	31.6
Feeling depressed or hopeless	18	31.6
Have trouble swallowing medication	14	24.6
Want to avoid the side effects	13	22.8
Already feel healthy	12	21.1
There is a change in routine	11	19.3
Felt the drug was toxic	10	17.5

*Multiple answers allowed.