کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2659008 1564218 2008 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Barriers and Facilitators to Medication Adherence in a Southern Minority Population With HIV Disease
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی بیماری های عفونی
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Barriers and Facilitators to Medication Adherence in a Southern Minority Population With HIV Disease
چکیده انگلیسی

Adherence to HIV medications has been an important focus over the past decade, but little is known about adherence barriers and facilitators specifically in that part of the United States known as the Deep South. Characteristics of the region may affect factors associated with adherence related to the patient, the patient-provider relationship, and the environment. A total of 20 HIV-infected clients of a large public infectious diseases clinic in the Deep South participated in one of three focus groups; themes were identified by content analysis. Barriers included the perceived burden of extra planning, denial, life stress, difficult characteristics of the medicines, social stigma, and shame. Facilitators included acceptance of the diagnosis, thinking about the consequences of not taking the medicines, prayer and spirituality, improvements in the medicines, and support from family and friends. In the South, faith and prayer may be strong facilitators that need to be considered when adapting existing adherence interventions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Volume 19, Issue 2, March–April 2008, Pages 98–104
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