Nonadherence Factors and Sociodemographic Characteristics of HIV-Infected Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria

Table 3

Factors of nonadherence and relationship with respondents’ marital status.

Reasons for nonadherence	𝑛 (%)	Single; n = 81 (43.1%)	Married; n = 107 (56.9%)
Personal factors
Forgetfulness	101 (53.7)	43 (51.9)	58 (54.2)
Busy schedule	73 (38.8)	32 (39.5)	41 (38.3)
Feeling healthy	30 (15.9)	14 (17.3)	16 (15.0)
Ignorance of consequences	33 (17.5)	17 (21.0)	16 (15.0)
Poverty	12 (6.4)	5 (6.2)	7 (6.5)
Do not feel like taking drugs	38 (20.2)	17 (21.0)	21 (19.6)
No confidence in the treatment	17 (9.0)	7 (8.6)	10 (9.4)
Fear of partner disclosure	29 (15.4)	10 (12.4)	19 (17.8)
Provider/institutional factors
Poor communication	63 (33.5)	31 (38.3)	32 (29.9)
Judgmental attitude of provider	20 (10.6)	10 (12.4)	10 (9.4)
Lack of trust and confidentiality	42 (22.3)	19 (23.5)	23 (21.5)
Long waiting period	38 (20.2)	20 (24.7)	18 (16.8)
Unavailability of drugs	13 (6.9)	6 (7.4)	7 (6.5)
Drug related factors
Side effects of drugs	60 (31.9)	31 (38.3)	29 (27.1)
Stigma	60 (31.9)	35 (43.2)	25 (23.4)
Frequency of taking drugs	27 (14.36)	13 (16.1)	14 (13.1)
Long term regimen	41 (21.8)	25 (30.9)	16 (15.0)
Quantity of drugs to be taken	16 (8.5)	7 (8.6)	9 (8.4)
Mean ± SEM of marital status		19.00 ± 2.69	20.61 ± 3.07
Unpaired t-test result
𝑡cal		0.3948
Df		34
95% confidence interval		−9.910 to 6.688
P value		0.6955
Are means significantly different? (P < 0.05)		No