Table 1.
Concept codes
| Concepts | Total number of quotations |
|---|---|
| 1. Healthcare provider visits (impact of route of administration on provider visits) | 13 |
| 2. Pain | 12 |
| 3. Needles (statements about needles without discussion of pain) | 16 |
| 4. Strength of dosage (e.g., concerns about whether a dose may be too strong or not strong enough) | 46 |
| 5. Diversion (giving medication to other people or requesting medication from other people) | 121 |
| 6. Medication access | 263 |
| 7. Stockpiling (e.g., saving tablets for future situations when medication may not be available) | 128 |
| 8. Travel (medication access while traveling, transporting medication, and time zone issues) | 296 |
| 9. Food requirements (e.g., discussion of whether medication should be taken with food or with specific foods) | 560 |
| 10. Number of pills/tablets for HIV | 620 |
| 11. Number of pills/tablets in combination with treatment for other conditions (e.g., adding ART to pre-existing oral medication regimens) | 28 |
| 12. Dose frequency | 599 |
| 13. Schedule issues (discussion of time of day to take medication) | 719 |
| 14. Control of dosing (e.g., ability to intentionally skip doses) | 121 |
| 15. Adherence concerns (e.g., worried about missing a dose) | 270 |
| 16. Adherence reports (e.g., reporting having missed a dose) | 267 |
| 17. Adherence strategies (discussion of strategies for remembering to take doses) | 252 |
| 18. Storage issues | 105 |
| 19. Medication error potential | 23 |
| 20. Ingestion issues (e.g., difficulty swallowing, taste of tablet, size of tablet) | 87 |
| 21. Privacy and confidentiality, including stigma related to taking medication (e.g., fear of medication being discovered by friends, family, coworkers, or customs agents who may discover pills when patient is traveling) | 211 |
| 22. Medication as a source of pride or control over HIV | 63 |
| 23. Visible reminder of HIV status or treatment (can be negative [reminder of illness] or positive [reminder of effective treatment]) | 39 |
| 24. Emotional impact tied to mode of administration (specific emotion words, which may be double coded with any of the other concepts) | 320 |
| 25. Ease of use | 170 |
| 26. Convenience (e.g., statements that a route of administration is convenient or practical) | 68 |
| 27. Unspecified reason (preference for a route of administration without explanation) | 8 |