title: Adherence to HIV treatment: results from a 1-year follow-up study.
abstract: We evaluated adherence to HIV treatments every 4 months during one year in 63 HIV-infected subjects using combination therapies including a protease inhibitor. A total of 18 subjects reported a high level of adherence, 14 in two evaluations, and eight a low level of adherence in all the three evaluations. The remaining 23 subjects (36.5%) reported different levels of adherence to treatment in the three evaluations. These findings suggest that the level of adherence to treatment changes markedly for each patient over time.
authors.affiliation: Italian League for the Fight Against AIDS (LILA), National Research Center, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Elia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paoletti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cargnel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adriani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carosi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mazzotta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Filippini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nasta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Parazzini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Agnoletto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors