Antiretroviral therapy: factors interfering in the adherence of children with HIV/AIDS

Abstract

This study aimed to get to know the factors that interfere in medication treatment adherence among children infected by HIV/aids, as reported by 12 caregivers in a service reference to aids in Fortaleza/CE, Brazil. Data were collected through interviews, verifying factors that made treatment adherence difficult, evidencing reports about drug forms, time of medication intake, collateral effects, shortage in the free drugs distribution, difficulty to get regular access to the health service and financial problems. The importance was revealed of getting to know the social context the child is inserted in and the difficulties in the use of antiretroviral drugs, so as to intervene efficiently and permit a better quality of life for the children.

Resultado del tratamiento; Treatment; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Health education