Causes of HIV Drug Non-Adherence in Korea: Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, 2006-2015
Authors
Min Jung Kim ; Sang Ah Lee ; Hyun-Ha Chang ; Min Ja Kim ; Jun Hee Woo ; Sang Il Kim ; Chun Kang ; Mee-Kyung Kee ; Ju-yeon Choi ; Yunsu Choi ; Bo Youl Choi ; June Myung Kim ; Jun Yong Choi ; Hyo Youl Kim ; Joon-Young Song ; Shin-Woo Kim ; Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study
Citation
INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY, Vol.49(3) : 213-218, 2017
Adherence ; Cohort Study ; Human immunodeficiency virus
Abstract
We aimed to determine the initial adherence of HIV cohort patients to ART (antiretroviral therapy), and reasons for non-adherence. Patients who received ART at the time of enrollment in the Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort were included in this study. Treatment adherence was determined at the baseline interview by self-reported questionnaire. Eight-hundred thirty two HIV-infected patients received ART. Of these, 253 (30.4%) patients skipped ART more than once a month. The most common reason of skipping medication was "simply forgot" (60.4%).