Open AccessThe role of a multidisciplinary team meeting in an antiretroviral treatment programme
Author(s) -
Claire van Deventer,
Mopo Radebe
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
southern african journal of hiv medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2078-6751
pISSN - 1608-9693
DOI - 10.4102/sajhivmed.v10i2.296
Subject(s) - medicine , multidisciplinary team , audit , psychological intervention , accreditation , multidisciplinary approach , antiretroviral treatment , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , antiretroviral therapy , nursing , viral load , medical education , social science , management , sociology , economics
\udIntroduction\udThe multidisciplinary team at the wellness clinic, Potchefstroom hospital has been having regular meetings since the clinic was accredited as a treatment site for HAART. The meetings have concentrated on patients who have experienced problems on treatment. The aim was to understand and overcome barriers to adherence and any other patient related issues at the clinic. \udMethod. Minutes of 2006 were audited in order to acquire an understanding of the difficulties faced by patients and to investigate outcomes of corrective interventions.\udResults\ud17% of the files could not be traced in order to obtain more information. 36% of patients had stabilized with improved or undetectable viral loads. Alcohol and work related matters played an important role in poor adherence. There were however many other factors identifie