Table III:

Feelings about taking pills of those who do and do not skip pills due to aversion symptoms

	Bivariable analysis			Multivariable analysis
Emotional experience of pill taking	Skip pills N=94	Do not skip pills N=275	p-value	Adjusted Odds Ratio*	95% CI
I have trouble swallowing pills	26 (27.7)	23 (8.4)	<0.001	2.96	1.36–6.44
I find it upsetting to take pills	30 (33.0)	23 (8.5)	<0.001	4.49	2.10–9.62
I have negative feelings about swallowing pills	26 (27.7)	15 (5.5)	<0.001	4.67	1.96–11.14
I feel nervous about swallowing pills	14 (14.9)	12 (4.4)	0.001	2.06	0.73–5.81
I feel it is harder to swallow HIV pills than other pills	21 (22.3)	33 (12.1)	0.016	1.76	0.84–3.68
Taking my HIV pills make me feel badly about having HIV	33 (35.5)	50 (18.4)	0.001	1.60	0.82–3.12
Negative emotions make me not want to take my HIV medications	18 (19.2)	9 (3.3)	<0.001	5.15	1.82–14.51
I have upsetting or scary images about swallowing pills	16 (17.2)	12 (4.4)	<0.001	2.56	0.99–6.65
I would like some help to swallow pills more easily	16 (17.2)	15 (5.6)	0.001	1.81	0.74–4.46
I had difficulty swallowing pills before I was diagnosed with HIV	23 (24.7)	23 (8.4)	<0.001	2.81	1.26–6.26
I had negative feelings about swallowing pills before I was diagnosed with HIV	22 (23.4)	12 (4.4)	<0.001	4.73	1.84–12.17

Data displayed as N(%).

^*Adjusted for race/ethnicity, gender, age, marital status, education, employment status, public insurance, and mental health diagnosis.