Open AccessFactors affecting adherence to treatment in children living with HIV
Author(s) -
Deepshikha Verma,
Damodar Bachani,
Anal Acharya,
Anju Seth,
Alok Hemal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-0565
pISSN - 2589-0557
DOI - 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_43_18
Subject(s) - medicine , life expectancy , expectancy theory , test (biology) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , statistical significance , pediatrics , demography , family medicine , population , environmental health , psychology , social psychology , paleontology , sociology , biology
With the successful introduction of ART, the life expectancy of children living with HIV (CLHIV) is substantially increased. However, strict compliance is a necessary step to begin with as noncompliance is again associated with its own demerits of incomplete suppression and decreasing the overall survival of the patients.