Engelsk titel: HIV patients: It's difficult to comply with the treatment
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Författare:
Rodkjaer LÖ
Email: rol@sks.aaa.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 10
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 06013945
Sammanfattning
Studies show that HIV patients must take at least 95 per cent of the medicine they are prescribed for it to have an optimum effect and to reduce the risk of developing resistance. Resistance to a drug rules out its use, thus limiting possibilities as regards treatment.
The purpose of the study was to find out how HIV patients experience compliance with anti-viral treatment. Ten patients were interviewed and data was analysed on the basis of the Grounded theory. The study showed that patients underwent a process from starting treatment to learning to live with the treatment as an integral part of their everyday lives. This process is called the adaptation process. The process differed from one patient to another. The study can help to provide nurses with insight into what kind of upheaval it is for a patient to begin treatment. The crux of the matter is to obtain insight into the patient's circumstances of life prior to initiating treatment. The patient must be assessed continuously to ascertain how s/he is complying with treatment, including which barriers/problems the patient experiences in achieving good adherence over time.
The challenge is to determine what support a patient needs and when, if s/he is to master the adaptation process. A patient's life is not static, and adherence changes over time. Treatment must therefore be under constant assessment in order to maintain sustained good adherence.