Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors

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Autor(a) principal: Wachholz,Neiva Isabel Raffo
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Ferreira,Jair
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2007001500010
Resumo: The survival of children with AIDS has increased considerably with the use of more effective antiretrovirals, but the benefits of this therapy are limited by the difficulty of adherence to the treatment. This cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of non-adherence to antiretrovirals among children residents in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and identifying associated factors. There were 194 child caregivers interviewed. The technique utilized to evaluate adherence allowed the detection of lack of understanding of the prescribed antiretroviral regimens, as well as conscious loss of doses. Non-adherence was defined when the child had taken less than 80% of the prescribed medication during the 24h period prior to the interview. A general prevalence of non-adherence was 49.5%, which was higher than that estimated. The non-institutional caregivers had a prevalence rate of 55.7%, while the institutional caregivers had 22.2%. In multivariate analysis, the education of the caregiver was found to have a borderline association with the outcome. Institutionalized children and those taken care of by people with a higher educational level appeared to have more protection against non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy.
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spelling Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factorsAnti-Retroviral AgentsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeHIVChildThe survival of children with AIDS has increased considerably with the use of more effective antiretrovirals, but the benefits of this therapy are limited by the difficulty of adherence to the treatment. This cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of non-adherence to antiretrovirals among children residents in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and identifying associated factors. There were 194 child caregivers interviewed. The technique utilized to evaluate adherence allowed the detection of lack of understanding of the prescribed antiretroviral regimens, as well as conscious loss of doses. Non-adherence was defined when the child had taken less than 80% of the prescribed medication during the 24h period prior to the interview. A general prevalence of non-adherence was 49.5%, which was higher than that estimated. The non-institutional caregivers had a prevalence rate of 55.7%, while the institutional caregivers had 22.2%. In multivariate analysis, the education of the caregiver was found to have a borderline association with the outcome. Institutionalized children and those taken care of by people with a higher educational level appeared to have more protection against non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2007-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2007001500010Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.23 suppl.3 2007reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X2007001500010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWachholz,Neiva Isabel RaffoFerreira,Jaireng2007-10-26T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2007001500010Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2007-10-26T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors
title Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors
spellingShingle Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors
Wachholz,Neiva Isabel Raffo
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV
Child
title_short Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors
title_full Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors
title_fullStr Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors
title_full_unstemmed Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors
title_sort Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children: a study of prevalence and associated factors
author Wachholz,Neiva Isabel Raffo
author_facet Wachholz,Neiva Isabel Raffo
Ferreira,Jair
author_role author
author2 Ferreira,Jair
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Wachholz,Neiva Isabel Raffo
Ferreira,Jair
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Anti-Retroviral Agents
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV
Child
topic Anti-Retroviral Agents
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV
Child
description The survival of children with AIDS has increased considerably with the use of more effective antiretrovirals, but the benefits of this therapy are limited by the difficulty of adherence to the treatment. This cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of non-adherence to antiretrovirals among children residents in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and identifying associated factors. There were 194 child caregivers interviewed. The technique utilized to evaluate adherence allowed the detection of lack of understanding of the prescribed antiretroviral regimens, as well as conscious loss of doses. Non-adherence was defined when the child had taken less than 80% of the prescribed medication during the 24h period prior to the interview. A general prevalence of non-adherence was 49.5%, which was higher than that estimated. The non-institutional caregivers had a prevalence rate of 55.7%, while the institutional caregivers had 22.2%. In multivariate analysis, the education of the caregiver was found to have a borderline association with the outcome. Institutionalized children and those taken care of by people with a higher educational level appeared to have more protection against non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy.
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