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Adherence to HIV treatment: results from a 1‐year follow‐up study
Author(s) -
Martini M,
D'Elia S,
Paoletti F,
Cargnel A,
Adriani B,
Carosi G,
Mazzotta F,
Di Pietro M,
Filippini P,
Nasta P,
Cipriani S,
Parazzini F,
Agnoletto V
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
hiv medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.53
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1468-1293
pISSN - 1464-2662
DOI - 10.1046/j.1464-2662.2001.00092.x
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , protease inhibitor (pharmacology) , viral load , antiretroviral therapy , immunology
Summary We evaluated adherence to HIV treatments every 4 months during one year in 63 HIV‐infected subjects using combination therapies including a protease inhibitor. A total of 18 subjects reported a high level of adherence, 14 in two evaluations, and eight a low level of adherence in all the three evaluations. The remaining 23 subjects (36.5%) reported different levels of adherence to treatment in the three evaluations. These findings suggest that the level of adherence to treatment changes markedly for each patient over time.