Table 5 Practice regarding ART
| Â | n (%) |
|---|---|
Reasons for missed doses of ART (n = 151) | |
• Can’t swallow pills | 3 (2.0) |
• Lack of information | 1 (0.7) |
• Busy doing something else | 16 (10.6) |
• Away from home | 47 (31.1) |
• Difficulty to comply with prescribed schedule | 14 (9.3) |
• Forgetting | 56 (23.9) |
• Health problem | 8 (5.3) |
• Too many tablets to take | 3 (2.0) |
• Other reasons | 68 (45.0) |
Method to remember to take ART | |
• No particular method (habits) | 190 (81.2) |
• Help from a relative | 28 (12.0) |
• Reminder device | 37 (15.8) |
• Other | 7 (3.0) |
Practices in the event of missed dose of ART | |
• Skip the missed dose and take the next dose planned | 113 (48.3) |
• Take the missed dose the next morning | 74 (31.6) |
• Call the referring physician | 18 (7.7) |
• Come to the hospital | 14 (6.0) |
• Take the missed dose as soon as possible | 6 (2.6) |
• Don’t know what to do | 6 (2.6) |
• Other | 3 (1.2) |
Resource used to answer questions regarding ART (n = 140) | |
• Referring physician | 81 (57.9) |
• Internet | 36 (25.7) |
• Patient information leaflet | 30 (21.4) |
• ART dispensing staff | 27 (19.3) |
• Other PLHIV | 13 (9.3) |
• PLHIV association | 8 (5.7) |
• Do nothing | 8 (5.7) |
• Other people (including family member, friends, etc.…) | 6 (4.3) |
Practice of self-medication (n = 111) | |
• Antibiotics | 30 (27.0) |
• Antipyretics | 77 (69.4) |
• NSAID | 11 (9.9) |
• Antimalarial drugs | 4 (3.6) |
• Proton pump inhibitor / H2 antagonists | 5 (4.5) |
• Decoction and herbal medicine | 8 (7.2) |
• Other | 26 (23.4) |