title: Measuring adherence to treatment of paediatric HIV/AIDS.
abstract: Parent, child, physician report and pill counts were used to measure adherence in paediatric HIV. Relationships to viral load were assessed. Pill counts were considered invalid. Adherence measures did not correlate with one another. Physicians reported lower adherence than parents, but parent and physician report correlated with viral load. The clinical and research utility of the various measures are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, USA. snaarkin@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naar-King
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arfken
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents