Assessment of adhesion of anti-retroviral treatment in people with HIV

• Autor(a) principal: Primeira, Marcelo Ribeiro
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Santos, Érika Eberlline Pacheco dos, Züge, Samuel Spiegelberg, Magnago, Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza, Paula, Cristiane Cardoso de, Padoin, Stela Maris de Mello
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/6305
• topic: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV; Sexually transmitted diseases; Adhesion to medication; High activity anti-retroviral therapy; Nursing; Síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida; HIV; Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis; Adesão à medicação; Terapia antirretroviral de alta atividade; Enfermagem

Current analysis assesses adhesion to anti-retroviral treatment in HIV patients by “Cuestionario para la Evaluación de la Adhesión al Tratamiento Antiretroviral” (CEAT-VIH), for the description of items by co-relation between the instrument´s issues. The transversal study was performed at the Hospital Universitário do Rio Grande do Sul during the first semester of 2012, comprising 179 people undergoing HIV treatment. Descriptive statistical and co-relation analyses between the questionnaire´s items were performed. Adhesion evaluation was as follows: 46.4% low/insufficient; 36.9% good/adequate; 16.8% strict. Co-relationship: not taking medicine is related to feeling better/worse, or feeling bad, depressed. Following the doctor´s prescription is related to self-evaluation with regard to taking medicines. Low/inadequate adhesion triggers the use of CEAT-VIH as a tool that may be used by nurses plus a multiprofissional team in the planning of care and intervention in situations that impair adhesion.