Table 3.
Self-reported factors negatively affecting the patient’s ability of taking medication at home as prescribed during COVID-19 lockdown (N = 171)
| Variables | Reduced ability to take medication at home as prescribed, n (%) |
Feeling sad or depressed, n (%) |
Ran out of medication, n (%) |
Unwilling to take medication in the sight of other family/household members, n (%) |
Forgetting, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 89 (52.1) | 61 (35.7) | 42 (24.6) | 27 (15.8) | 22 (12.9) |
| Clinical program | (p = 0.920) | (p = 0.487) | (p = 0.022) | (p = 0.080) | (p = 0.232) |
| HIV/AIDS | 25 (51.0) | 18 (36.7) | 6 (12.2) | 14 (28.6) | 9 (18.4) |
| Non-communicable diseases | 26 (54.2) | 20 (41.7) | 11 (22.9) | 4 (8.3) | 3 (6.3) |
| Mental health | 22 (51.2) | 15 (34.9) | 13 (30.2) | 5 (11.6) | 7 (16.3) |
| Pediatric Development Clinic | 3 (75.0) | 2 (50.0) | 3 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (25.0) |
| Oncology | 13 (48.2) | 6 (22.2) | 9 (33.3) | 4 (14.8) | 2 (7.4) |
| Estimated time (hours) from home to the health facility of usual health care | (p = 0.317) | (p = 0.482) | (p = 0.557) | (p = 0.891) | (p = 0.549) |
| < 1 h | 24 (43.6) | 16 (29.1) | 13 (23.6) | 8 (14.6) | 6 (10.9) |
| 1–2 h | 45 (55.6) | 31 (38.3) | 18 (22.2) | 14 (17.3) | 13 (16.1) |
| > 2 h | 20 (57.1) | 14 (40.0) | 11 (31.4) | 5 (14.3) | 3 (8.6) |
| District of residence | (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | (p = 0.002) |
| Kayonza | 15 (27.8) | 6 (11.1) | 7 (13.0) | 1 (1.9) | 3 (5.6) |
| Kirehe | 45 (77.6) | 35 (60.3) | 26 (44.8) | 18 (31.0) | 15 (25.9) |
| Burera | 29 (49.2) | 20 (33.9) | 9 (15.3) | 8 (13.6) | 4 (6.8) |
| Socio-economic status (Ubudehe category)a | (p = 0.863) | (p = 0.892) | (p = 0.613) | (p = 0.485) | (p = 0.324) |
| 1 | 17 (53.1) | 12 (37.5) | 7 (21.9) | 3 (9.4) | 3 (9.4) |
| 2 | 34 (54.0) | 23 (36.5) | 13 (20.6) | 12 (19.1) | 11 (17.5) |
| 3 | 37 (49.3) | 25 (33.3) | 21 (28.0) | 11 (14.7) | 7 (9.3) |
| Living with someone who could help remind the patient to take medication or accompany the patient to the health facilityb | (p = 0.598) | (p > 0.999) | (p = 0.288) | (p = 0.336) | (p = 0.440) |
| No | 24 (55.8) | 15 (34.9) | 12 (27.9) | 9 (20.9) | 7 (16.3) |
| Yes | 64 (50.4) | 46 (36.2) | 29 (22.8) | 18 (14.2) | 15 (11.8) |
aTwo patients didn’t have data on socio-economic status
bFour patients had missing data on whether they were living with someone who could remind the patient to take medication/accompany the patient to the health facility or not