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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2020 Jan 15;32(9):1092–1101. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1713975

Table 2.

Frequency of Reasons for Missed Doses by Participants During 3-Month Monitoring among 32 young AAMSM monitored by electronic adherence monitoring.

1 dose (n=32) n (%)

  Forgetting 19 (59)
  Rushing off to work or to get somewhere 4 (13)
  Worked late and was tired so fell asleep 2 (6)
  Did not forget. Just haven’t taken it. 1 (3)
  Caught up in July 4th riots 1 (3)
  Woke up late past window 1 (3)
  Misplaced bottle in transportation 1 (3)
  Pharmacy didn’t Fedex medicine 1 (3)
  Appointment with doctor during the window 1 (3)
 Went out drinking 1 (3)

3 days (n=13)

  A lot going on 4 (31)
  No pill bottle with the participant 3 (23)
  Loss of insurance 2 (15)
  Ran out of medicine 1 (8)
  Theft 1 (8)
  Hospitalization 1 (8)
  No reason. Didn’t take the pills 1 (8)

7 days (n=4)

  No pill bottle with the participant 1 (25)
  Theft 1 (25)
  Insurance loss 1 (25)
  Ran out of medicine 1 (25)