Table 2 Adherence characteristics of people receiving ART at the HIV Clinic (2016–2017)
Variable | Category | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Adherence ≥ 90% | Yes | 75 | 41.7 |
No | 105 | 58.3 | |
Did you ever forget to take your medication? | Yes | 78 | 43.3 |
No | 99 | 55.0 | |
Did not answer | 3 | 1.7 | |
I always take my medication at the indicated time | Yes | 130 | 72.2 |
No | 46 | 25.6 | |
Did not answer | 4 | 2.2 | |
I stop taking my medication when I feel sick | Yes | 10 | 5.6 |
No | 164 | 91.1 | |
Did not answer | 6 | 3.3 | |
I forget to take my medication on the weekends | Yes | 8 | 4.4 |
No | 166 | 92.2 | |
Did not answer | 6 | 3.3 | |
Number of days I forgot to take my medication in the last week | None | 156 | 86.7 |
1Â day | 17 | 9.4 | |
2–3 days | 2 | 1.1 | |
4–5 days | 2 | 1.1 | |
> 5Â days | 3 | 1.7 | |
Number of days I forgot to take my medication in the last month | None | 149 | 82.8 |
1–2 days | 18 | 10.0 | |
3–5 days | 4 | 2.2 | |
6–10 days | 6 | 3.3 | |
Did not answer | 3 | 1.7 |