Adherence to antiretroviral treatment among children and adolescents in Tanzania: Comparison between pill count and viral load outcomes in a rural context of Mwanza region.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Adherence to antiretroviral treatment is a key challenge for paediatric HIV care. Among children and adolescents living with HIV, lower levels of adherence have been reported compared to adults. Individual, caregiver-, health services-related and sociocultural factors were shown to impact on these outcomes. Study objectives were to assess adherence in a paediatric population in rural Tanzania comparing two measurement methods, and to investigate the association between virologic suppression and demographic, clinical, drug- and family-related factors.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted among children and adolescents enrolled in Bukumbi HIV Care and Treatment Clinic (Misungwi district, Mwanza region) in the north of Tanzania, where the H

SUBMITTER: Martelli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6428300 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature