ADHERENCE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY FOR HIV/AIDS

Authors

  • Stela Maris de Mello Padoin
  • Samuel Spiegelberg Zuge
  • Érika Eberlline Pacheco dos Santos
  • Marcelo Ribeiro Primeira
  • Juliane Dias Aldrighi
  • Cristiane Cardoso de Paula

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v18i3.33553

Keywords:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, High activity antiretroviral therapy, Adherence to the medication, Nursing.

Abstract

The study’s objective was to determine the adherence to antiretroviral therapy in adults with the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, attended in a university hospital in the south of Brazil.
This research has a quantitative approach, and is descriptive with a cross-sectional design, and was undertaken in 2011.
The data was analyzed using the SPSS® program (version 17.0). The study population was 125 patients, in the age range
of 20 to 49 years old; 44.0% were classified as non-adherent, of whom 29.3% stopped taking the medications because of
use of alcohol or drugs; 26.2% due to the side effects; 17.6% for various reasons, and 4.5% because they were working.
The need is emphasized to assess the behavior so as to undertake educational actions which allow the patients’ cooperation
for greater adherence to the treatment, reducing the morbidity and mortality of this health issue.

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Published

2013-09-26

How to Cite

Padoin, S. M. de M., Zuge, S. S., Santos, Érika E. P. dos, Primeira, M. R., Aldrighi, J. D., & Paula, C. C. de. (2013). ADHERENCE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY FOR HIV/AIDS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v18i3.33553

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2013)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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