Table 2 Characteristics of hospital visits of HIV patients by medication possession ratio.

From: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and factors affecting low medication adherence among incident HIV-infected individuals during 2009–2016: A nationwide study

 

≥95% (n = 5,981)

80–95% (n = 798)

50–80% (n = 654)

<50% (n = 1,068)

p value

Clinic visit for follow-up testa

13 ± 8.3

16 ± 8.1

15 ± 8.5

6 ± 5.3

<0.0001

Clinic visit for ART

19 ± 13.2

25 ± 13.4

22 ± 12.9

8 ± 8.3

<0.0001

ART prescription days per visit

67 ± 23.0

63 ± 19.7

53 ± 20.7

32 ± 20.2

<0.0001

Co-medication numberb

1.2 ± 2.4

1.1 ± 2.6

1.3 ± 2.6

1.3 ± 3.4

0.4

Emergency visit

3,265 (54.6)

447 (56.0)

408 (62.4)

513 (48.0)

0.06

Hospital admission

4,409 (73.7)

629 (78.8)

528 (80.7)

930 (87.1)

<0.0001

  1. Abbreviation: ART, antiretroviral therapy; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.
  2. aHIV RNA quantification test, T cell subset analysis, HIV drug resistance mutation sequencing. bThe maximum number of co-medication except ART divided by the number of observed months. Mean ± standard deviation in case of clinic visit, ART prescription days, and co-medication number. Number of patients (% in each group) in case of emergency visit and hospital admission.
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