Factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients in Kathmandu District, Nepal

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-116

  Shigdel, Rajesh ^a   Klouman, Elise ^a   Bhandari, Anita ^a   Ahmed, Luai A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adherence; AIDS patients; ART; Asia; HIV patients; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEPAL; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRURITUS; RASH; REMINDER SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 84903268130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/HIV.S55816     Document Type: Article

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