Open AccessAntiretroviral Regimen Complexity, Self-Reported Adherence, and HIV Patients' Understanding of Their Regimens: Survey of Women in the HER Study
Author(s) -
Valerie E. Stone,
Joseph W. Hogan,
Paula Schuman,
Anne Rompalo,
Andrea A. Howard,
Christina Korkontzelou,
Dawn K. Smith
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/00042560-200110010-00003
Subject(s) - dosing , regimen , medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , logistic regression , multivariate analysis
Research regarding treatment adherence in chronic diseases, such as hypertension, suggests that increasing complexity in the medication regimen is associated with decreasing patient adherence. However, less is known about the relationship between regimen complexity and adherence in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.