Antiretrovirals and the use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine by HIV patients in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: A longitudinal study

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-345

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Friend du Preez, Natalie ^c   Ramlagan, Shandir ^a   Fomundam, Henry ^d   Anderson, Jane ^e   Chanetsa, Lucia ^d  

^a HIV AIDS STI and TB (HAST) Human Sciences Research Council   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (Saudi Arabia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Antiretroviral treatment adherence; Complementary; HIV patients; KwaZulu Natal; Prospective study; South Africa; Traditional

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867882529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v8i4.1     Document Type: Article

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