Table 2 Patient responses to the six-item Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) at baseline (T1) and follow-up (T2) in the intervention and control groups of the Ethiopian HIV/AIDS parent study
Question | T1 Responses to adherence questions (%) | T2 Responses to adherence questions (%) | (X2(df) p-value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control: nā=ā192 | Intervention: nā=ā209 | Control: nā=ā256 | Intervention: nā=ā265 | ||
Do you ever forget to take your medicine? | Yes 60 (31) | Yes 76 (36) | Yes 66 (26) | Yes 77 (29) | (X2(dfā=ā3)ā=ā6.39 pā=Ā 0.09 |
No 132 (69) | No 133 (64) | No 190 (74) | No 188 (71) | ||
Are you careless at times about taking your medicine? | Yes 23 (12) | Yes 31 (15) | Yes 21 (8) | Yes 30 (11) | (X2(dfā=ā3)ā=ā4.97 pā=Ā 0.17 |
No 169 (88) | No 178 (85) | No 233 (92) | No 235 (89) | ||
Sometimes if you feel worse, do you stop taking your medicines? | Yes 14 (7) | Yes 19 (9) | Yes 21 (8) | Yes 24 (9) | (X2(dfā=ā3)ā=ā0.58 pā=Ā 0.90 |
No 178 (93) | No 190 (91) | No 233 (92) | No 241 (91) | ||
Thinking about the last week. How often have you not taken your medicine? | Never 162 (84) | Never 169 (81) | Never 222 (87) | Never 223 (84) | (X2(dfā=ā3)ā=ā2.97 pā=Ā 0.40 |
1ā2 times 22 (11) | 1ā2 times 33 (16) | 1ā2 times 27 (11) | 1ā2 times 33 (12) | ||
3ā5 times 6 (3) | 3ā5 times 7 (3) | 3ā5 times 5 (2) | 3ā5 times 7 (3) | ||
ā>ā5 times 2 (1) | >ā5 times 0 (0) | >ā5 times 2 (1) | >ā5 times 2 (1) | ||
Did you not take any of your medicine over the past weekend? | Yes 9 (5) | Yes 15 (7) | Yes 13 (5) | Yes 11 (5) | (X2(dfā=ā3)ā=ā2.33 pā=Ā 0.51 |
No 178 (95) | No 194 (93) | No 235 (95) | No 254 (95) | ||
Over the past 3āmonths, how many days have you not taken any medicine at all? | ā¤ 2ādays 183 (95) | ā¤ 2ādays 189 (90) | ā¤ 2ādays 227 (89) | ā¤ 2ādays 244 (92) | (X2(dfā=ā3)ā=ā6.64 pā=Ā 0.08 |
ā>ā2ādays 9 (5) | >ā2ādays 20 (10) | >ā2ādays 28 (11) | >ā2ādays 21 (8) | ||