70283Poor Medication Adherence - IAPAC

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Adherence to Combined ARV Prophylaxis Among HIVPositive Pregnant and Lactating Women in Addis Ababa Health Centers, Ethiopia

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Osaro Erhabor1 (presenting), Chijioke A Nwauche2, Oseikhuemen A Ejele2, Chris Akani2

Amanuel K Hagos1 (presenting), Malabika Sarker2

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Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton, UK University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Background: Since the early days of antiretroviral therapy, adherence has emerged a milestone to success. The objective of this study was to evaluate the factors militating against adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected individuals in the resource limited setting of the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Methods: A structured interviewer-administered questionnaire from consecutively recruited 187 HIV-infected patients on combination antiretroviral therapy of two nucleoside analogues; stavudine and lamivudine and one nonnucleoside (nevirapine) was used. Association between the independent variables and adherence were analyzed using chi square analysis. Results: This study observed an adherence level of 49.2% and identified the following as factors associated with non-adherence: cost of antiretroviral, educational status, medication adverse effect, occupational factors, and high pill burden of prescribed regimen (p