Adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected patients receiving HIV primary care at University Hospital in Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Saldanha, Juliana Segabinazzi
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Andrade, Claudia Sala, Beck, Sandra Trevisan
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/6522
• topic: HIV; Adherence; Treatment.; HIV; Adesão; Tratamento.

This qualitative study evaluated, during six months, the adherence to antiretroviral therapy among 898 patients who were more than 15 years old and have received the medications to the control of the infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM) pharmacy. The age of the participants was between 30 and 49 years old, being 517 male (58%) and 381 (42%) female. The majority of the patients (72%) showed a good level of adherence. Only 7% of the individuals abandoned the treatment. One concludes that it is needed a constant monitoring for keeping adequate adhesion to the treatment for a long time. The pharmaceutical and clinical attention in the accompaniment and treatment of the infection by the HIV had increased the expectation and improved the quality of life of the evaluated individuals.