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Factors that influence treatment adherence for people living with HIV and accessing antiretroviral theraphy in rural communities in MpumalangaSithole, Bongani Mildred 06 1900 (has links)
M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) / This study sought to investigate factors that influence adherence to treatment amongst rural people living with HIV and accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) at Shongwe hospital in Mpumalanga. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. From patients’ case files, a sample of twenty-eight respondents was recruited for the completion of questionnaires. A focus group discussion with nine participants was held, followed by qualitative interviews with three key informants. Findings indicated that a complex web of factors unique to each patient’s social context plays a role in determining whether or not patients adhere to their regimens. Obstacles to adherence are poor social support, problems relating to disclosure, unemployment and economic hardship, traditional and religious beliefs, the quality and nature of adherence counselling and treatment side effects. / Sociology
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Factors that influence treatment adherence for people living with HIV and accessing antiretroviral theraphy in rural communities in MpumalangaSithole, Bongani Mildred 06 1900 (has links)
This study sought to investigate factors that influence adherence to treatment amongst rural people living with HIV and accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) at Shongwe hospital in Mpumalanga. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. From patients’ case files, a sample of twenty-eight respondents was recruited for the completion of questionnaires. A focus group discussion with nine participants was held, followed by qualitative interviews with three key informants. Findings indicated that a complex web of factors unique to each patient’s social context plays a role in determining whether or not patients adhere to their regimens. Obstacles to adherence are poor social support, problems relating to disclosure, unemployment and economic hardship, traditional and religious beliefs, the quality and nature of adherence counselling and treatment side effects. / Sociology / M. A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS)
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Patient and nurse perspectives on loss to follow-up in HIV careModipane, Mahlatse Bridgette 16 May 2020 (has links)
PhD (Psychology) / Department of Psychology / Background: South Africa has world’s highest prevalence of HIV-positive people with
approximately 7.06 million HIV-positive people with 110 000 HIV- related deaths reported by
Statistics South Africa in 2017. South Africa has expanded access to anti-retroviral therapy
services, from urban centers to resource-constrained rural communities. The rate of loss,
however, to follow-up for patients on anti-retroviral treatment continues to increase.
Aim of the Study: The aim of this study was to determine patient and nurse perspectives on loss
to follow up among HIV-positive patients in Sekhukhune District of Limpopo Province, South
Africa. The findings of the study guided the development of a proposed strategy to decrease loss
to follow up among HIV-positive patients.
Method: A qualitative research design was used with non-probability purposive sampling and with
probability systematic sampling. The sample of patients comprised 30 HIV-positive people
classified as lost to follow-up from clinics with high prevalence rates of lost to follow-up patients.
Eight nurses, four from clinics with high rates and four from clinics with low lost to follow-up rates
comprised the sample of nurses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using the study
research questions as a guide. Eight interviews were conducted with nurse clinic managers and
30 with the patients. Content analysis was used to analyze the data.
Results: The key themes that emerged from the study included patients’ and nurses`
perspectives on factors contributing to loss to follow up among HIV- positive patients; and
Patients’ and nurses’ perspectives on strategies that would address barriers to loss to follow up
among HIV- positive patients. Sub-themes on patients’ and nurses’ perspectives on factors
contributing to loss to follow up among HIV- positive patients included: Lack of understanding of
anti-retroviral treatment; fearful to disclose HIV status; lack of confidentiality; negative side effects;
use of traditional medicine; self-transfer from one clinic to another. Patients’ and nurses’ elicited
the strategies that would assist patients to remain in care and to take antiretroviral treatment
consistently. The strategies included: providing patients with health education; working as a team;
implementing social support group programme; providing nurses with in-service education on
ethics and ethos. Informed by various intervention models in HIV care: Information Motivational
Behavioural model; Health Belief Model; Social Action Theory and Social Cognitive Theory; I
proposed a strategy that may reduce the rate of non-adherence and loss to follow up among
patients with HIV in Limpopo Province. / HWSETA
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