Predictors of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV/AIDS Patients in the Upper West Region of Ghana
Table 1
Patient demographics relative to medication adherence.
Parameter
Total (%)
No (%)
Yes (%)
value
Missed medications in lifetime
Ever missed medications since starting ART
201 (100)
125 (62.2)
76 (37.8)
Missed medications in the last 6 months
201 (100)
148 (73.6)
53 (26.4)
Missed medications in the last 3 months
201 (100)
175 (87.1)
26 (12.9)
Missed medications in the last month
201 (100)
183 (91.0)
18 (9.0)
Missed medications in the last week
201 (100)
172 (86.0)
28 (14.0)
Age
20–30
64 (32.5)
38 (59.4)
26 (40.6)
31–40
83 (42.1)
53 (63.9)
30 (36.1)
0.3401
>40
50 (25.4)
34 (68.0)
16 (32.0)
Sex
Male
42 (20.9)
24 (57.1)
18 (42.9)
0.4774
Female
159 (79.1)
101 (63.5)
58 (36.5)
Marital status
Married
105 (52.2)
62 (59.0)
43 (41.0)
Widowed
45 (22.4)
28 (62.2)
17 (37.8)
0.7060
Divorced
30 (14.9)
21 (70.0)
9 (30.0)
Single
21 (10.4)
14 (66.7)
7 (33.3)
Education
No education
102 (50.7)
62 (60.8)
40 (39.2)
Primary
31 (15.4)
21 (67.4)
10 (32.3)
JHS/middle school
49 (24.4)
30 (61.2)
19 (38.8)
0.7223
SHS
10 (5.0)
5 (50.0)
5 (50.0)
Tertiary
9 (4.5)
7 (77.8)
2 (22.2)
Family type
Nuclear
106 (52.7)
59 (55.7)
47 (44.3)
Extended
67 (33.3)
46 (68.7)
21 (31.3)
0.1268
Living alone
28 (13.9)
20 (71.4)
8 (28.6)
Monthly income
≤100
104 (92.0)
71 (68.3)
33 (31.7)
101–500
7 (6.2)
5 (71.4)
2 (28.6)
0.6238
>500
2 (1.8)
2 (100.0)
0 (0.0)
Time since ART (years)
<1
7 (3.5)
1 (14.3)
6 (85.7)
1–4
163 (81.1)
66 (40.5)
97 (58.4)
0.2058
5+
31 (15.4)
9 (29.0)
22 (71.0)
Time since diagnosis (years)
<1
3 (1.5)
0 (0.0)
3 (100.0)
1–4
158 (78.6)
62 (39.2)
96 (60.8)
0.3507
5+
40 (19.9)
14 (35.0)
26 (65.0)
Immunological success
Yes
96 (78.7)
66 (68.8)
30 (31.3)
0.001
*
No*
26 (21.3)
5 (19.2)
21 (80.8)
Data are presented as proportions. Proportions are compared using Fisher’s exact test and the chi-square test where applicable. *(OR: 9.2; 95% CI: 3.2–26.9).
