Associations between perceived barriers and benefits of using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and medication adherence among men who have sex with men in Western China

Table 3 Linear mixed model for medication rate over time

	β	t value	P	95% CI
Variables
Intercept	0.542	7.49	< 0.0001	0.400~ 0.683
Time	0.014	2.87	0.0046	0.005~ 0.024
Age	0.011	0.42	0.6717	−0.039~ 0.060
Household registration
Rural	ref
Urban	− 0.047	−1.20	0.2321	−0.123~ 0.030
Education level	0.018	1.07	0.2837	−0.015~ 0.052
Marital status
Unmarried	ref
Married	−0.017	−0.33	0.7429	−0.116~ 0.083
Divorced/widowed	0.179	2.65	0.0085	0.047~ 0.311
Monthly income(RMB)	−0.010	− 0.61	0.5440	− 0.044~ 0.023
Dislike of taking drugs	0.004	0.35	0.7267	−0.019 ~ 0.028
Positive expectations to medication	0.033	4.81	<.0001	0.020~ 0.047
Favorable doctor-patient relationship	−0.017	−1.94	0.0527	−0.033~ 0.001
Worries about drug side effects	−0.019	−2.31	0.0208	−0.035~ − 0.003
Burden perceived during medication	0.014	1.87	0.0621	−0.001~ 0.029

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