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Table 3 ART management and adherence among ALHIV (n = 31)

From: The secret life of young adolescents living with HIV in northern Mozambique - a mixed methods study

 

n

%

Reports being currently on ART

30

97.0

Remembers age of ART initiation

23

70.0

Age recalled for ART initiation, median [IQR] (n = 23)

10 [5–11]

Person responsible for administering ART (n = 30)

 Self

14

45.0

 Caregiver

8

26.0

 Both self and caregiver

8

26.0

Number of ARV pills taken per day

 One ARV pill per day

22

71.0

 Two or more ARV pills per day

9

29.0

Number of times a day to take the ART

 One

26

84.0

 Two

5

16.0

Know the names of the ARVs prescribed

2

6.0

Missed ART on at least one day in past 30 days

11

35.0

Took ART as instructed over past 30 days

 Always

16

51.0

 Almost always

12

39.0

 Sometimes/usually

3

10.0

Difficulty taking ART as instructed

 Not hard/not very hard

29

93.0

 Somewhat hard

2

6.0

Reported reasons for any missed ART doses past 30 days

 None missed

21

68.0

 Forgot

8

26.0

 Different routine

1

3.0

 Unwell or vomiting

1

3.0

 Fed up or tired or taking ARVs

1

3.0

Goes to clinic appointments

 On my own

25

81.0

 With my father

6

19.0

Have to take time off of school to attend clinic visit

14

45.0

Have spent at least one night in the hospital in the last year because of being too sick to go home

7

11.0

Viral load within 6 months of survey

37

62.0a

Viral load results (n = 37)

 VL < 50 copies/mL (n = 37)

9

24.0

 VL < 1000 copies/mL (n = 37)

17

46.0

  1. a The denominator is all ALHIV included in the survey