Table 1.
% endorsed overall (N=286) |
% endorsed by child (N=115) |
% endorsed by adolescent (N=171) |
p* | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Theme: Medicine Not Needed/Helping or Curious | ||||
I felt I could manage without it. | 81.5 | 77.4 | 84.2 | 0.15 |
I wanted to find out if I could manage without it. | 69.6 | 58.3 | 77.2 | <0.001 |
I was doing so well I no longer needed it. | 68.9 | 66.1 | 70.8 | 0.40 |
It was not helping me. | 56.3 | 59.1 | 54.4 | 0.44 |
My parent(s) wanted to find out if I could manage without it. | 45.5 | 53.0 | 40.4 | 0.03 |
My doctor wanted to find out if I could manage without it. | 28.7 | 32.2 | 26.3 | 0.28 |
Theme: Side Effects | ||||
It made me feel bad physically (e.g., nauseous, no appetite, thirsty, hard to sleep, shaky, tired, and/or mouth was dry). | 48.6 | 46.1 | 50.3 | 0.49 |
It made me feel ‘drugged’ (e.g., ‘zoned out,’ lifeless, like a zombie, no personality). | 41.3 | 40.9 | 41.5 | 0.91 |
It made me moody (e.g., irritable, angry, anxious, restless, and/or depressed). | 34.3 | 33.0 | 35.1 | 0.72 |
Theme: Logistics of Taking/Getting Medicine | ||||
I kept forgetting to take it. | 25.5 | 16.5 | 31.6 | <0.01 |
It cost too much. | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 0.86 |
Insurance stopped paying for it. | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.76 |
There was no doctor available to prescribe it. | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.76 |
My doctor refused to prescribe it anymore. | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.76 |
Theme: Social Concerns/Stigma | ||||
It made it hard to make friends. | 17.5 | 13.9 | 19.9 | 0.19 |
I felt embarrassed. | 16.8 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 0.82 |
My friends didn’t like me as much when I took it. | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 0.96 |
Theme: Other Reasons | ||||
I was tired of taking it. | 67.5 | 59.1 | 73.1 | 0.01 |
My parents decided to stop it. | 31.8 | 48.7 | 20.5 | <0.0001 |
I stopped for the summer. | 28.3 | 20.0 | 33.9 | 0.01 |
Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test (if n<5 in any cell) for difference between % endorsed by child and adolescent