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Adherence to HIV treatment: results from a 1‐year follow‐up study

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2002

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Michela Martini, S. Delia, Francesca Paoletti, A. Cargnel, Beatrice Adriani, G. Carosi, F. Mazzotta, Massimo Di Pietro, Pietro Filippini, Paola Nasta,
HIV Medicine

Abstract

We evaluated adherence to HIV treatments every 4 months during one year in 63 HIV-infected subjects using combination therapies including a protease inhibitor. A total of 18 subjects reported a high level of adherence, 14 in two evaluations, and eight a low level of adherence in all the three evaluations. The remaining 23 subjects (36.5%) reported different levels of adherence to treatment in the three evaluations. These findings suggest that the level of adherence to treatment changes markedly for each patient over time.