title: Influence of pharmacotherapy complexity on compliance with the therapeutic objectives for HIV+ patients on antiretroviral treatment concomitant with therapy for dyslipidemia. INCOFAR Project.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the relationship between pharmacotherapeutical complexity and compliance of therapeutic objectives in HIV+ patients on antiretroviral treatment and concomitant dyslipidemia therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective observational study including HIV patients on stable antiretroviral treatment during the past 6 months, and dyslipidemia treatment between January and December, 2013. The complexity index was calculated with the tool developed by McDonald et al. Other variables analyzed were: age, gender, risk factor of HIV, smoking, alcoholism and drugs, psychiatric disorders, adherence to antiretroviral treatment and lipid lowering drugs, and clinical parameters (HIV viral load, CD4 count, plasma levels of total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides). In order to determine the predictive factors associated with the compliance of therapeutic objectives, univariate analysis was conducted through logistical regression, followed by a multivariate analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study included 89 patients; 56.8% of them met the therapeutic objectives for dyslipidemia. The complexity index was significantly higher (p = 0.02) in those patients who did not reach the objective values (median 51.8 vs. 38.9). Adherence to lipid lowering treatment was significantly associated with compliance of the therapeutic objectives established for dyslipidemia treatment. A 67.0% of patients met the objectives for their antiretroviral treatment; however, the complexity index was not significantly higher (p = 0.06) in those patients who did not meet said objectives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pharmacotherapeutical complexity represents a key factor in terms of achieving health objectives in HIV+ patients on treatment for dyslipidemia.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Department. Hospital de Valme.. ralejandro.morillo.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es.
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jiménez Galán
authors.affiliation: Unit of Pharmacy Supplies. Andalusian Health System.. inesm.montes.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es.
authors.forename: Ines María
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Montes Escalante
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Department. Hospital de Valme.. ralejandro.morillo.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es.
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morillo Verdugo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000592:standards*; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors