Factors Affecting Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Bushenyi District, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorDwoki, Wani Buyu
dc.contributor.authorMiruka, Conrad Ondieki
dc.contributor.authorManiga, Josephat Nyabayo
dc.contributor.authorOnchweri, Albert Nyanchoka
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T12:32:20Z
dc.date.available2019-01-31T12:32:20Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionDwoki Wani Buyu, Conrad Ondieki Miruka, Josephat Nyabayo Maniga, and Albert Nyanchoka Onchweri, “Factors Affecting Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Bushenyi District, Uganda.en_US
dc.description.abstractComplex regimens present significant challenges to both patients and health-care providers with respect to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) treatment adherence. Improper adherence leads to poor suppression of HIV replication in infected cells. High level of ART treatment adherence leads to better viral suppression outcomes. Proper maintenance of ART treatment adherence over time remains a problematic area especially in resource limited settings, including sub-Saharan African countries. The western region of Uganda has been noted to have a high prevalence of HIV patients. This study was therefore undertaken to determine the factors associated with nonadherence among the HIV patients on ART in a teaching hospital in south-western Uganda. Findings of the study revealed that forgetting treatment was the most cited factor. Feeling better after some medication period, being too ill to take medication, stigma associated with taking ART medication, alcohol consumption and drug stock out were also identified to be associated to non-adherence among the study participants. Most of the patients in this study (150/255, 58.8%) had good adherence, followed by those who had fair rates of adherence (60/255, 23.5%). Forty five patients (17.6%) had the least adherence level. Findings also showed that females were most likely to miss their medication. The age groups of 30-39 and 40-49 were the most likely not to adhere to medications compared to the other age groups while the 0-19 and above 50 years age groups were most likely not to miss their medication. The separated patients were more likely to miss medication compared to others. Patients who had attended only primary education and those who attended tertiary level of education were most likely to be non-adherent to medication. Deliberate measures need to be taken to cater for the non-adherent patients. Interventions aimed at the high-risk nonadherence groups need to be specifically developed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDwoki Wani Buyu, Conrad Ondieki Miruka, Josephat Nyabayo Maniga, and Albert Nyanchoka Onchweri, “Factors Affecting Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Bushenyi District, Uganda.” American Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicine, vol. 4, no. 1 (2016): 17-22. doi: 10.12691/ajmsm-4-1-4.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/1541
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicineen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicine, 2016, Vol. 4, No. 1, 17-22;
dc.subjectARTen_US
dc.subjectAdherenceen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectfactorsen_US
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virusen_US
dc.titleFactors Affecting Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Bushenyi District, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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