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Farmacia Hospitalaria
On-line version ISSN 2171-8695Print version ISSN 1130-6343
Abstract
ARRIETA-MARTINEZ, Juan Andrés et al. Related factors to non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS patients. Farm Hosp. [online]. 2022, vol.46, n.6, pp.319-326. Epub Jan 16, 2023. ISSN 2171-8695. https://dx.doi.org/10.7399/fh.11793.
Objective:
To identify sociodemographic, clinical, and pharmacological factors associated with nonadherence to antiretroviral treatment in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome treated between 2017 and 2020 in four cities in Colombia.
Method:
An observational, cross-sectional, retrospective study was conducted of a population of patients with human immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome treated between 2017 and 2020. The Morisky-Green scale, the simplified Médication adherence questionnaire, and the simplified scale to detect adherence problems to antiretroviral treatment were applied to determine patient adherence. A binomial multiple logistic regression was performed to evaluate the factors that best explain nonadherence.
Results:
A total of 9,835 patients were evaluated, of whom 74.4% were men, 71.1% were aged between 18 and 44 years, 76.0% had attended at most secondary school, 78.1% were single, and 97.6% resided in an urban area. After applying three different scales to each patient, 10% of the study population were identified as nonadherent to treatment. The risk of nonadherence was significantly higher in patients who presented any drug-related problem or had an adverse reaction to antiretroviral drugs.
Conclusions:
The variables most strongly associated with nonadherence to antiretroviral treatment were drug-related problems, adverse drug reactions, a history of nonadherence to treatment, and psychoactive substance use.
Keywords : Médication adherence; HIV; Anti-HIV agents; Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions.