Assessment Of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence And Associated Factors Among Adult Hiv-infected Persons In Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfine 2017

Background: The introduction of combination ART has resulted in striking reductions in HIV related mortality. Numerous reports have documented that the key to success of the HAART is the ability and willingness of HIV-positive individuals to adhere to ART regimens, and at least 95% adherence is required for the prescribed ART doses to be fully effective. However, pertinent data regarding the issue has been lacking in the study area.rnObjectives: The main aim of this study was to assess the level of adherence and associated factors among adult HIV patients who were receiving ART from health centers of Finfine Surrounding Oromia Special Zone.rnMethods: A facility based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2016 to May 2017 on 389 patients’ selected using systematic sampling technique. The study focused on assessment of ART adherence & its associated factors among Adult on ART whose ages were greater than 18 years & above. A pre tested & structured questionnaire was used to collect the necessary data & the collected data were entered into Epidata version 3.1 & analyzed using SPSS version 21. Then the magnitude of association between the different variables in relation to the adherence to ART was assessed through chi square test & then further analysis done using multivariate regression to confirm the effects of independent variables. During analysis, the significance level was set at 95% CI and P-value of

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