Factors Related to and Consequences of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in an Ambulatory HIV-Infected Patient Cohort
| Autor: | Scott D. Holmberg, Hiv Outpatient Study (Hops) Investigators, Anne C. Moorman, Kathy Wood, Maria Deloria-Knoll, Joan S. Chmiel, Frank J. Palella |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Employment Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty HIV Infections Ambulatory Care Facilities Injection drug use Cohort Studies Antiretroviral Therapy Highly Active Surveys and Questionnaires Hiv infected Humans Medicine Insurance Health business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Drug holiday Antiretroviral therapy Infectious Diseases Cohort Ambulatory Patient Compliance Female business Viral load Medicaid |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 18:721-727 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7449 1087-2914 |
| Popis: | In a confidential medication adherence questionnaire completed by 255 participants in the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) between March and November 1999, 33% reported skipping antiretroviral doses within the previous 3 days. The respondents, with a median age of 41, were predominantly male (86%), white (62%), and highly educated (33% had some post-high school training but no college degree and 39% had a college degree; only 11% had less than a high school diploma). Twenty-one percent had a history of injection drug use, 12% were unemployed, and 18% had Medicaid insurance. Questions about difficulty taking antiretroviral medications or drug holidays identified an additional 16% of patients experiencing adherence problems and explained significantly more of the failure to achieve undetectable viral loads than simply querying about skipped doses. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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