Observational studyThe Pan African medical journal2019
Survey of antiretroviral therapy adherence and predictors of poor adherence among HIV patients in a tertiary institution in Nigeria.
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- Living With Chronic HIV Disease in the Antiretroviral Era: The Impact of Neurocognitive Impairment on Everyday Life Functions.Topics in antiviral medicinePooled it
- Prevalence and correlates of common mental disorders among participants of the Uganda Genome Resource: Opportunities for psychiatric genetics research.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
- Interventions Integrating Mental Health Services Into HIV Care in Africa; a Scoping Review.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Determinants of tuberculosis among adult people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy at public hospitals in Hawassa City, South Ethiopia.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2024Article
- Peer-Led Community-Based Support Services and HIV Treatment Outcomes Among People Living With HIV in Wuxi, China: Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Surveillance Data From 2006 to 2021.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Antiretroviral therapy programme outcomes at Senkatana antiretroviral therapy clinic, Lesotho: a four-year retrospective cohort study.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Poor adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and associated factors among people living with HIV in Eastern Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
- Strategies to Improve Antimicrobial Utilization with a Special Focus on Developing Countries.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Opportunities and challenges to integrating mental health into HIV programs in a low- and middle-income country: insights from the Nigeria implementation science Alliance.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Psychological and Clinical Risk Factors for Substance Use in People With and Without HIV.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
introductionAdherence is vital to effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) for reducing viral load and HIV/AIDS-related morbidity and mortality. This study was aimed at evaluating the adherence of HIV seropositive patients to ART in a tertiary institution in Nigeria.
methodsA cross sectional observational study was conducted among 400 HIV seropositive patients. The study was carried out between December 2016 and February 2017 at the HIV clinic of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
resultsThe mean age of the HIV patients was 42.2±9.5 years with a predominant female gender (Male:Female = 1:2.8). The median CD4 counts increased from 302.1±15.0cells/mm
conclusionAdherence to anti-retroviral therapy was good amongst the majority of HIV seropositive patients. Depression, anxiety disorder and low CD4 count were however associated with poor adherence. This emphasizes the role of the psychology units as integral part of the HIV clinic to assist patients' adherence to anti-retroviral regimens.
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