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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 2 Thematic coverage of perceived barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence in the included patient-report instruments

From: A review of HIV-specific patient-reported measures of perceived barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence: what themes are they covering?

Framework (sub)theme

Instrumenta

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

%b

Cognitive & emotional aspects

-Affect

●

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

 

●

  

●

  

●

●

●

●

 

●

 

●

●

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

71

-Beliefs

●

●

●

●

●

 

●

●

 

●

  

●

   

●

●

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

●

 

●

●

  

63

-Acceptance

    

●

               

●

 

●

        

10

-Motivation

                  

●

●

●

 

●

  

●

 

●

   

19

-Knowledge

 

●

 

●

   

●

    

●

  

●

    

●

●

●

●

    

●

  

32

Lifestyle factors

-Demands & organization of daily life

●

●

●

●

  

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

88

-Substance use

  

●

●

●

 

●

        

●

●

●

      

●

●

 

●

●

  

35

Social & material context

-Relations with others

 

●

 

●

   

●

●

    

●

      

●

   

●

  

●

●

  

29

-HIV stigma & privacy

●

●

●

●

●

 

●

●

  

●

 

●

  

●

●

 

●

 

●

●

●

●

 

●

●

●

   

61

-Challenging material circumstances

 

●

  

●

    

●

 

●

 

●

 

●

 

●

●

            

26

Characteristics of ART

-Side effects

●

●

●

●

 

●

 

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

 

●

●

●

 

81

-Instructions

●

●

●

●

  

●

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

  

●

 

●

  

●

●

●

 

●

●

●

   

61

-Physical features

  

●

●

                

●

  

●

  

●

 

●

  

19

Health experience & state

-Bodily signals

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

         

●

 

●

 

●

 

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

  

52

-Medical signs of HIV/general health

  

●

                          

●

●

10

-Comorbidity

      

●

          

●

  

●

          

10

Healthcare services & system

-Patient-provider relationship

   

●

                  

●

        

6

-HIV clinic issues

 

●

                             

3

-Pharmacy issues

               

●

    

●

          

6

-Health insurance

             

●

      

●

   

●

      

10

Breadth (/6)

5

5

5

6

4

3

5

5

2

4

3

3

4

3

1

5

5

5

5

3

6

4

6

5

6

5

5

5

5

4

3

 

Depth (/20)

7

10

9

12

7

3

8

8

2

6

4

4

7

6

1

8

8

7

9

3

14

6

11

9

8

8

6

10

9

4

3

 
  1. Each dot represents the presence of at least one item covering the given subtheme within a specific instrument
  2. aNumber assigned to the instrument, as in Table 1
  3. bPercentage of instruments containing representation of a given subtheme
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