Self-reported adherence to single dose nevirapine in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV at Kitale District Hospital
| Autor: | Joseph K. Rotich, B Otieno-Nyunya, SC Bii, Abraham Siika |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Nevirapine Adolescent Cross-sectional study Anti-HIV Agents Population Child Welfare HIV Infections Women in development Health facility Pregnancy Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Childbirth Humans education Child Maternal Welfare education.field_of_study business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Health Surveys Kenya Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Cross-Sectional Studies Family planning Patient Compliance Female business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | East African Medical Journal; Vol 84, No 12 (2007); 571-576 |
| ISSN: | 0012-835X |
| Popis: | Objectives: To evaluate the uptake and adherence to single dose nevirapine among HIV positive mothers. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: The maternal and child health and family planning (MCH-FP) clinics in Kitale district hospital, Western Kenya. Subjects: HIV positive postnatal women attending MCH-FP clinic who had gone through the PMTCT programme. Results: A total of 146 respondents were recruited for this study. Most (90%) of them reported swallowing their nevirapine tablets, however only 55 swallowed their tablets within 4-12 hours before delivery. The most important factor affecting nevirapine adherence was place or delivery (p |
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