Introduction:

By mid-2017, 20.9 million people were under antiretroviral therapy worldwide. In 2016, only 53% of the 36.7 million people living with HIV worldwide were under treatment.

Objective:

Determine adherence to antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV/AIDS.

Methods:

A quantitative cross-sectional correlational study was conducted from July to October 2019 of an intentional sample of 166 people with HIV/AIDS attending Santa Marta health center in Colombia. The Morisky-Green tool was adapted to determine adherence. The study was non-risk according to Resolution 84 30 / 1993 of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia.

Results:

Of the total 166 people living with HIV/AIDS, 74.7% are men and 25.3% are women; mean age is 39.3 years (range 16-73). Average antiretroviral treatment duration is 6 years. 51.2% make use of some strategy to remember taking their medication; 68.1% are not adherent to antiretroviral treatment, 49.4% are men and 18.7% are women. The doctor-patient relationship was found to be negative (p = -0.005) and not related to non-adherence.

Conclusions:

Non-adherence to antiretroviral treatment was represented by 68.1% of the study population and is higher in men.

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