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Social factors affecting ART adherence in rural settings in Zambia
The purpose of this study was to assess the factors that influence ART adherence arising in rural settings in Zambia. A survey was conducted with face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire and written informed consent was obtained at ART sites in Mumbwa District in rural Zambia. T...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21400314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2010.542121 |
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author | Nozaki, Ikuma Dube, Christopher Kakimoto, Kazuhiro Yamada, Norio Simpungwe, James B. |
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description | The purpose of this study was to assess the factors that influence ART adherence arising in rural settings in Zambia. A survey was conducted with face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire and written informed consent was obtained at ART sites in Mumbwa District in rural Zambia. The questionnaire included items such as the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, support for adherence, ways to remember when to take ARVs at scheduled times, and the current status of adherence. Valid responses were obtained from 518 research participants. The mean age of the respondents was 38.3 years and the average treatment period was 12.5 months. More than half of the respondents (51%) were farmers, about half (49%) did not own a watch, and 10% of them used the position of the sun to remember when to take ARVs. Sixteen percent of respondents experienced fear of stigma resulting from taking ARVs at work or home, and 10% felt pressured to share ARVs with someone. Eighty-eight percent of the participants reported that they had never missed ARVs in the past four days. Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified age (38 years old or less, odds ratio (OR) = 2.5, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.3–4.8, p = 0.005), “remembering when to take ARVs based on the position of the sun” (OR = 3.3, 95% CI: 1.3–8.8, p = 0.016), and “feeling pressured to share ARVs with someone” (OR = 4.4, 95% CI: 1.6–12.0, p = 0.004) as independent factors for low adherence. As ART services expand to rural areas, program implementers should pay more attention to more specific factors arising in rural settings since they may differ from those in urban settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-31444802011-08-02 Social factors affecting ART adherence in rural settings in Zambia Nozaki, Ikuma Dube, Christopher Kakimoto, Kazuhiro Yamada, Norio Simpungwe, James B. AIDS Care Research Article The purpose of this study was to assess the factors that influence ART adherence arising in rural settings in Zambia. A survey was conducted with face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire and written informed consent was obtained at ART sites in Mumbwa District in rural Zambia. The questionnaire included items such as the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, support for adherence, ways to remember when to take ARVs at scheduled times, and the current status of adherence. Valid responses were obtained from 518 research participants. The mean age of the respondents was 38.3 years and the average treatment period was 12.5 months. More than half of the respondents (51%) were farmers, about half (49%) did not own a watch, and 10% of them used the position of the sun to remember when to take ARVs. Sixteen percent of respondents experienced fear of stigma resulting from taking ARVs at work or home, and 10% felt pressured to share ARVs with someone. Eighty-eight percent of the participants reported that they had never missed ARVs in the past four days. Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified age (38 years old or less, odds ratio (OR) = 2.5, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.3–4.8, p = 0.005), “remembering when to take ARVs based on the position of the sun” (OR = 3.3, 95% CI: 1.3–8.8, p = 0.016), and “feeling pressured to share ARVs with someone” (OR = 4.4, 95% CI: 1.6–12.0, p = 0.004) as independent factors for low adherence. As ART services expand to rural areas, program implementers should pay more attention to more specific factors arising in rural settings since they may differ from those in urban settings. Taylor & Francis 2011-07-06 2011-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3144480/ /pubmed/21400314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2010.542121 Text en © 2011 Taylor & Francis http://www.informaworld.com/mpp/uploads/iopenaccess_tcs.pdf This is an open access article distributed under the Supplemental Terms and Conditions for iOpenAccess articles published in Taylor & Francis journals (http://www.informaworld.com/mpp/uploads/iopenaccess_tcs.pdf) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nozaki, Ikuma Dube, Christopher Kakimoto, Kazuhiro Yamada, Norio Simpungwe, James B. Social factors affecting ART adherence in rural settings in Zambia |
title | Social factors affecting ART adherence in rural settings in Zambia |
title_full | Social factors affecting ART adherence in rural settings in Zambia |
title_fullStr | Social factors affecting ART adherence in rural settings in Zambia |
title_full_unstemmed | Social factors affecting ART adherence in rural settings in Zambia |
title_short | Social factors affecting ART adherence in rural settings in Zambia |
title_sort | social factors affecting art adherence in rural settings in zambia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21400314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2010.542121 |
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