Background:
The introduction of
antiretroviral therapy has caused a remarkable decrease in the occurrence of
diseases and mortality among HIV-positive patients, while this success has not
been achieved among injection addicts due to a low adherence to antiretroviral
medicine. This study aims at clarifying the important factors affecting
adherence to treatment in addicts suffering from HIV.
Materials and Methods:
In this qualitative
research, data were gathered through in-depth interviews and field notes, and
were interpreted through content analysis in the form of constant comparison.
The participants were 16 drug addicts living with HIV/AIDS. Most of them had
records of imprisonment and were receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
(HAART) drug treatments in the AIDS center of Imam Khomeini Hospital complex,
affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Sampling was started in a
purposive method and was continued until data were saturated.
Results:
Four main categories
including psychological reactions, contradictory beliefs, perceived support,
and individual and environmental barriers were extracted from the data, each
having some sub-categories.
Conclusions:
The obtained results
indicated that adherence to the treatment of HIV is not constant and
mono-dimensional, but is a function of different factors. Hence, an individual
having feeble adherence in a specific time and under specific circumstances may
show desirable adherence under a different circumstance. Thus, treatment of
addicts living with HIV/AIDS requires physical, psychological, and social
attention along with drug treatments.
Below: The main categories and sub-categories
Full article at: http://goo.gl/AXn7Ls
By: Zahra Hosseini,1 Hasan Eftkhar,1 Saharnaz Nedjat,2 Abbas Ebadi,3 Ladan Abbasian,4 Fereshte Zamani,5 Teamur Aghamollaei,6 and Davood Shojaeizade1
1Department of Health Education and
Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran
2Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran
3Behavioral Sciences Research Center,
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4Iranian Research Center of HIV/AIDS,
Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5Department of Health Education and
Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan,
Iran
6Department of Public Health, Social
Determinants on Health Promotion Research center, Health School, Hormozgan
University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Address for correspondence: Dr. Hasan Eftkhar,
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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