Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and its determinants in children with HIV infection – Experience from Paediatric Centre of Excellence in HIV Care in North India.

Autor: Seth, Anju, Gupta, Rohini, Chandra, Jagdish, Maheshwari, Anu, Kumar, Praveen, Aneja, Satinder
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Zdroj: AIDS Care; Jul2014, Vol. 26 Issue 7, p865-871, 7p, 4 Charts
Abstrakt: The objective of this study is to assess adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-infected children using the pill count method, and determine factors leading to adherence failure. Records of 106 children living with HIV (CLHIV)age<15 years and on ARTfor>6 months were reviewed. Average adherence to ART by pill count method over preceding six months was calculated and re-assessed by 3-day recall method. The caregivers of 105 children and one child himself were interviewed about the problems encountered while giving ART. Median age of enrolled children was 104 (inter-quartile range [IQR] 77.3–133.8) months. Median duration of ART was 25 (IQR 16–35) months. The desired adherence level of >95% during six months of review assessed by pill count was achieved in 95.3% children. The 3-day recall method yielded >95% adherence in 99% children (p≤ .001). Caregivers of 59 children (56.2%) reported multiple problems while administering drugs. In most instances, problems encountered were related to family/caregivers, the commonest being multiple caregivers, job constraints and death/illness in the family. In conclusion, we found a very high level of adherence to ART in CLHIV. Poor adherence was mainly associated with issues related to the family/caregivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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