TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors influencing adherence to antiretroviral treatment in Asian developing countries
T2 - a systematic review
AU - Wasti, Sharada P.
AU - Van Teijlingen, Edwin
AU - Simkhada, Padam
AU - Randall, Julian
AU - Baxter, Susan
AU - Kirkpatrick, Pamela
AU - GC, Vijay S.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Objective: To systematically review the literature of factors affecting adherence to Antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Asian developing countries. Methods Database searches in Medline⁄Ovid, Cochrane library, CINAHL, Scopus and PsychINFO for studies published between 1996 and December 2010. The reference lists of included papers were also checked, with citation searching on key papers.Results: A total of 437 studies were identified, and 18 articles met the inclusion criteria and were extracted and critically appraised, representing in 12 quantitative, four qualitative and two mixed-method studies. Twenty-two individual themes, including financial difficulties, side effects, access,stigma and discrimination, simply forgetting and being too busy, impeded adherence to ART, and 11 themes, including family support, self-efficacy and desire to live longer, facilitated adherence.Conclusion: Adherence to ART varies between individuals and over time. We need to redress impeding factors while promoting factors that reinforce adherence through financial support, better accessible points for medicine refills, consulting doctors for help with side effects, social support and trusting relationships with care providers.
AB - Objective: To systematically review the literature of factors affecting adherence to Antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Asian developing countries. Methods Database searches in Medline⁄Ovid, Cochrane library, CINAHL, Scopus and PsychINFO for studies published between 1996 and December 2010. The reference lists of included papers were also checked, with citation searching on key papers.Results: A total of 437 studies were identified, and 18 articles met the inclusion criteria and were extracted and critically appraised, representing in 12 quantitative, four qualitative and two mixed-method studies. Twenty-two individual themes, including financial difficulties, side effects, access,stigma and discrimination, simply forgetting and being too busy, impeded adherence to ART, and 11 themes, including family support, self-efficacy and desire to live longer, facilitated adherence.Conclusion: Adherence to ART varies between individuals and over time. We need to redress impeding factors while promoting factors that reinforce adherence through financial support, better accessible points for medicine refills, consulting doctors for help with side effects, social support and trusting relationships with care providers.
KW - HIV/⁄AIDS
KW - antiretroviral treatment
KW - adherence
KW - barrier
KW - facilitator
KW - Asia
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02888.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02888.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21967241
AN - SCOPUS:84155163121
VL - 17
SP - 71
EP - 81
JO - Tropical Medicine and International Health
JF - Tropical Medicine and International Health
SN - 1360-2276
IS - 1
ER -
