Investigation into Factors Contributing to Adherence with Antiretroviral Regimen of People Living with HIV/AIDS Attending Babcock University Teaching Hospital
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https://doi.org/10.51699/ijhsms.v1i6.628Keywords:
Antiretroviral Regimen, HIV/AIDS, Babcock University Teaching HospitalAbstract
Low antiretroviral regimen efficacy, viral drug resistance, and pharmacokinetic interactions leading to insufficient drug delivery further complicate the poor adherence to therapy resulting from insufficient viral suppression. (Agboeze, Onwe, Onoh, Nwali, Ukaegbe, & Adeoye, 2018). The issue of mother-to-child HIV transmission is made even more problematic by the spread of antiretroviral resistance viruses. It is a clinical and public health challenge (Oku, Owoaje, Ige, Oyo-Ita, 2013). Therefore, this study was carried out to assess the factors contributing to adherence with antiretroviral regimen of people living with HIV/AIDS attending Babcock University Teaching Hospital. Data was collected through the use of structured self-administered questionnaires with closed ended questions and was analyzed using SPSS version 21.
The cross sectional descriptive study was used to assess the determinant contributing to adherence with antiretroviral regimen of people living with HIV/AIDS attending Babcock University Teaching Hospital. And purposive sampling techniques was used to selected participant for this study. However, findings of this study showed that a greater majority of the respondents were female and most of them were married, also a higher number of them have had up to tertiary education in which most of the respondents were from the Yoruba ethnic group. And also quite a number of the respondents average monthly income falls within the range of 50,001-100000naira. Furthermore, a greater majority of the respondents were fully aware that they are aware that the ART regimen is used to suppress viral load of HIV/AIDS, also More than half of the respondents also agreed to the fact that they can easily forget their ART regimen , more of the respondents believed that ART regimen will help in enabling them to even live longer than they expect. Majority of the respondents stated that they are fully aware that the use of illicit drug and alcohol consumption has significantly resulted into non-adherence of respondents to ART regimen. More, so it was reported that a higher number of the respondents of the respondents has good knowledge of adherence to antiretroviral regimen
More than half of the respondents perceive that regular adherence to ART regimen would disallow the spread of HIV to their contacts, quite a number of the respondents do not perceive that adherence to ART regimen would remove HIV/AIDS stigma in their life because regular intake of the drug would disallow the community from knowing they are retroviral positive and also a greater majority of the respondents stated that their income, education and literacy can affect their adherence to ART regimen, Furthermore, result from the chi square analysis revealed that patient level factors contributing to adherence of antiretroviral regimen is statistically significant to the attitude and perception towards adherence antiretroviral regimen by the respondents which implies that means that the patient-level factors has a positive influence on the attitude and perception towards adherence of antiretroviral, Based on the findings of the study it is recommended that more information, education, and communication campaigns targeted at the general public are required to eliminate or reduce stigma to the barest minimum.
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