Healthcare providers' experiences with adverse drug reactions and adherence challenges in antiretroviral therapy of HIV patients in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1321-1328

  Ruud, Karine W ^a   Srinivas, Sunitha C ^b   Toverud, Else Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence; Adverse drug reactions; Antiretroviral therapy; HIV AIDs; Primary healthcare clinics; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84866601090     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-012-1254-1     Document Type: Article

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