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Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3054
Resumen
PEREZ BASTAN, Jesús Enrique y VIANA CASTANO, Luisa Fernanda. Factors associated with non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people with HIV / AIDS. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2020, vol.72, n.2 Epub 20-Oct-2020. ISSN 1561-3054.
Introduction:
Non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy is one of the causes of the fast progression to AIDS among seropositive individuals.
Objective:
Identify the factors associated with non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV / AIDS.
Methods:
An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted of 153 HIV / AIDS patients aged 18 years and over from Marcios Manduley polyclinic, municipality of Centro Habana, in the year 2018. Data were obtained from individual and family medical records, and a structured questionnaire was applied to complement the information required. The relationship between the variables was determined with the chi-square test ((2) with a statistical significance of p= 0.05, and variables were identified whose coefficients were significantly different from 0 (p< 0.05). Causality was determined by odds ratio (OR) estimation.
Results:
A statistical association was found, as well as the following risk factors for poor adherence to therapy: low educational level, frequent change of sexual partner, dysfunctional family, therapy duration longer than 5 years and adverse reactions.
Conclusions:
The study made it possible to identify the main variables associated to poor adherence to therapy among these patients, contributing scientific evidence for an appropriate control of the disease.
Palabras clave : human immunodeficiency virus; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; adherence to therapy; risk factors.