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The relationship between demographic and health factors, social support factors and antiretroviral adherence in HIV/AIDS patients, Um-Najaroen Province, Thailand |
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| Creator | Nongnit Teerawatanasuk |
| Title | The relationship between demographic and health factors, social support factors and antiretroviral adherence in HIV/AIDS patients, Um-Najaroen Province, Thailand |
| Contributor | Anun Chaikoolvatana, Somjet Pealkum |
| Publisher | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU |
| Publication Year | 2555 |
| Journal Title | Isan Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences |
| Journal Vol. | 8 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 10-23 |
| Keyword | antiretroviral (ARV) medications, ARV adherence, social support |
| URL Website | https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJPS |
| Website title | Isan Journal ofPharmaceutical Sciences, IJPS |
| ISSN | 19050852 |
| Abstract | Introduction: This study evaluated the health factors, social support factors and antiretroviral medicationadherence in HIV/AIDS patients, Um-Najaroen Province, Thailand. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectionalquestionnaire survey study, 198 HIV/AIDS patients were recruited via simple random sampling. The questionnairesurvey was analysed using descriptive analysis, one-way Analysis of Variance, Pearson's product momentcorrelation coeffi cient, discriminant analysis, and ttest. Results: The results showed that most subjects were male(54%) with average age of 36.4 years, and were HIV positive and undergone anti-retroviral agent (ARV) therapyfor approximately 3-5 years. The ARV formula was d4T + 3TC + NVP with average CD4 level of 66 cells/ml at thebeginning of therapy and 387cells/ml at the time of study. Most volunteers complied with their ARV medications.Interestingly, regarding demographic and health factors, only marital status and self revealability were statisticallyrelated to ARV adherence. For social support factors, overall most volunteers had a moderate level in the individualfactors, especially for basic knowledge, essential information, and social affi rmation which were statistically relatedto antiretroviral adherence (p< 0.05). Conclusion: Demographic and health factors, were statistically related toARV adherence. Similarly, all social support factors including emotional as well as information support, instrumentalaids, and affi rmation were positively statistically related to antiretroviral adherence (p< 0.05). |
