Self-Reported Symptoms and Medication Side Effects Influence Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Persons With HIV Infection

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Adriana Ammassari · Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani

Rita Murri · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Patrizio Pezzotti · Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Maria Paola Trotta · Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani

Laura Ravasio · University of Milan

Patrizio De Longis · Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani

Abstract

In addition to patient characteristics, medication-related variables, and reasons for nonadherence, patient-reported symptoms and medication side effects were significantly associated with adherence to HAART.

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HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment HIV Research and Treatment

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Published in: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volume 28, Issue 5, pp. 445-449

DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200112150-00006

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Self-Reported Symptoms and Medication Side Effects Influence Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Persons With HIV Infection

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