Factors influencing adherence to art among HIV/AIDs clients at Kampala international university teaching hospital Bushenyi District
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2017-04
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Kampala International University. School of Health Sciences Western Campus
Abstract
Globally there was an estimated 33 million people living with HIV by the end of 2007
and more than 25 million people since 1981 have died from AIDS. In 2007 there were 2.7
million new infections and 2 million HIV-related deaths. All these facts are attributed to
compromise of adherence to ART. Currently there are an estimated 940,000 people
(adults and children) living with HIV in Uganda but the adherence levels are hence
posing a great challenge in the fight against the scourge. To assess factors influencing
adherence to ART among HIV/AIDS clients at Kampala International University
Teaching Hospital, a descriptive cross-sectional study design quantitative in nature was
used to recruit 52 respondents for the study out of whom 52 questionnaires thus giving a
response rate of 100%. 75% of the respondents strongly agreed that level of income may
influence adherence to ART, 57% of the respondents agreed that drug hypersensitivity
and side effects affects adherence to ART and 63.5% of the respondents agreed that clinic
characteristics can impact on adherence. The researcher concluded that client related
factors influencing adherence to ART include client’s age, level of education, level of
income, social support, comorbidities and patient’s belief about effectiveness of ART,
therapy related factors affecting adherence to ART include; poly pharmacy,
hypersensitivity, pill burden and regimen complexity, and health system related factors
affecting adherence to ART include; Clinic characteristics, self-medication, lengthy wait
before next clinic visit and patient-provider relationship.
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A research report submitted to the Uganda nurses and midwives Examinations board in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the award of diploma In nursing science
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HIV/AIDs, Bushenyi District