A Heyer|GA Ogunbanjo
Adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy
University of Limpopo
near perfect adherence art required prevent treatment failure individual prevent spread drugresistant viruses factors influence adherence art divided factors related treatment regimen social psychological factors institutional resources personal attributesthe treatment regimen kept simple possible tailored patients lifestyle untreated side effects one strongest predictors nonadherence mental disorders drugalcohol abuse addressed initiating treatment patients attitude towards medication health beliefs could adversely influence adherence development healthcare infrastructure high priority services patient orientated personal attributes consistently associated adherence healthcare workers poor predicting adherence south african guidelines therefore focus providing comprehensive adherence support patients