A case-control study of factors associated with non-adherent to antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected people in Pwani Region, eastern Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Idindili, Boniphace ^a,b,c   Jullu, Boniphace ^c   Mugusi, Ferdinand ^d   Tanner, Marcel ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Tumbi Region Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

ART adherence factors; Health facilities; HIV AIDS; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ADOLESCENT; HIV INFECTIONS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84868122899     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v14i3.6     Document Type: Article

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