Baseline adherence, socio-demographic, clinical, immunological, virological and anthropometric characteristics of 242 HIV positive patients on ART in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Abiola, Abdulrahman Surajudeen, Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal, Othman, Norlijah, Ibrahim, Faisal, Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati, P. Radhakrishnan, Anuradha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41698/1/Baseline%20adherence%2C%20socio-demographic%2C%20clinical%2C%20immunological.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41698/; http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_Final_Article_6.pdf

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents disease progression, and the emergence of resistant mutations. It also reduces morbidity, and the necessity for more frequent, complicated regimens which are also relatively more expensive. Minimum adherence levels of 95% are required for treatment...