Table I.
Self-Report, Pill Count, and Serum Blood Level Measures of Medication Adherence
| Adherence rates (percentages, standard deviation) by measure |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Time point | Self-report | Pill count | Nonzero blood levels |
| Trial average | 94.76%, SD = 8.60 | 91.93 %, SD = 10.05 | — |
| Trial month 1 | 94.50%, SD = 10.29 | 91.23 %, SD = 13.32 | — |
| Trial month 2 | 95.98%, SD = 8.39 | 91.78 %, SD = 11.23 | — |
| Trial month 3 | 95.82%, SD = 9.99 | 92.30 %, SD = 11.47 | 84.04 %, SD = 36.71 |
| Trial month 4 | 95.73%, SD = 9.85 | 93.79 %, SD = 9.98 | — |
| Trial month 5 | 95.28%, SD = 11.96 | 93.38 %, SD = 10.42 | — |
| Trial month 6 | 94.58%, SD = 13.13 | 93.98 %, SD = 9.13 | 76.10 %, SD = 42.75 |