Factors Associated with Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Adolescents Living with HIV in Eastern Cape Province.

Onesimo Maxolo, Laston Gonah, Ziphelele Ncane, Guillermo Alfredo Pulido-Estrada

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Onesimo MaxoloDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.

Laston GonahDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6070-2176

Ziphelele NcaneDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.

Guillermo Alfredo Pulido-EstradaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6485-2059

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Abstract

Suboptimal ART adherence contributes to treatment failure and is common among adolescents. The study sought to assess factors associated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among adolescents living with HIV. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study design with a random sample of 137 records of adolescents aged 10-19 years from four high-volume ART sites (35 records per site). Data was collected using a customized data extraction tool. Descriptive statistics and Fisher's exact tests were used to analyze data and identify factors associated with ART adherence at 5% significance level. Most participants (80.3%) were females. Females were more likely to access ART literacy information than males (

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Anti-HIV AgentsAnti-Retroviral AgentsHIV InfectionsMedication AdherenceAdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesSouth AfricaYoung AdultAnti-HIV AgentsAnti-Retroviral Agentsadolescents living with HIVantiretroviral therapy adherenceantiretroviral therapy literacystatus disclosuretreatment buddiesviral suppression

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PMID41302664

DOI10.3390/ijerph22111718

PMCPMC12652448

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