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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 16.
Published in final edited form as: Curr HIV Res. 2014;12(5):366–375. doi: 10.2174/1570162x1205141121102501

Table 3.

Frequencies of self-reported adherence.

Variables N (%) Control (n=300) Case (n=158) p Value£
1. Took at least 1 dose more than 1 hour late in the last month 10(3.33) 14(8.86) 0.4034
2. Missed at least 1 dose in the last month 9(3.00) 16(10.13) 0.0166*
3. Took at least 1 dose more than 1 hour late in the last week 4(1.33) 9(5.70) 0.0144*
4. Missed at least 1 dose in the last week 1(0.33) 11(6.96) 0.0148*
5. Used a cell phone to remember to take medications 273(91.00) 134(84.81) 0.0475*
6. Used TV/radio to remember to take medications 16(5.33) 22(13.92) 0.0022*
7. Used a cell phone to remember to come for a drug collection appointment 0(0.00) 3(1.90) 0.9846
8. Missed at least 1 dose because was away from home 9(3.00) 18(11.39) 0.0005*
9. Missed at least 1 dose because was busy with other things 8(2.67) 21(13.29) 0.0002*
10. Missed at least 1 dose because fell asleep through the dose time 2(0.67) 9(5.70) 0.0098*
11. Missed at least 1 dose because ran out of pills 0(0.00) 4(2.53) 0.9805
12. Missed at least 1 dose because forgot to take pills 4(1.33) 8(5.06) 0.0209*
13. Missed at least 1 dose because wanted to avoid side effects 0(0.00) 3(1.90) 0.9824
£

P values obtained using univariate logistic regression.

*

P values ≤ 0.05.