Journal of Japan Society of Nursing Research
Online ISSN : 2189-6100
Print ISSN : 2188-3599
ISSN-L : 2188-3599
Adherence of Antiretroviral Combination Therapy
Mikiko Nonoyama
Author information
JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

2000 Volume 23 Issue 5 Pages 5_69-5_80

Details
Abstract
HIV infection has recently belonged to one of the controllable diseases by development of the newly devised anti-HIV medications, advancement of the methods of the viral assay in the blood and else. The HIV infections are in the present situation however not so much curable because they depend upon the patients' attitudes of taking those medications. This study reveals that the patients who show good adherence are 61% of the first visiting patients and 81% of the second visiting patients. And regarding the composition of the kinds of drug the more the sorts of drug the better is the adherence than those of the fewer the sorts of drug. For the long planned medication strategy, the repeatedly emphasized instruction and education are needed and influence of the patients' self-consciousness towards the recovering is observed.
The seven factors of reducing the adherence are as follow:
1. configuration of the drug
2. adverse effect
3. negative volition of taking drugs
4. incoincidence of the schedule of taking drugs with daily life
5. absence of the self-consciousness for disease control
6. incomplete education and understanding of the remedy
7. influence of their privacy-keeping hehavior
Content from these authors
© 2000 Japan Society of Nursing Research
Previous article Next article
feedback
Top