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Adherence-monitoring practices by private healthcare sector doctors managing HIV and AIDS patients in the eThekwini metro of KwaZulu-Natal

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 52 , issue 5 , 2010 , pages: 471–475

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2010.10874028

Author(s): P Naidoo School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa , M Taylor School of Family and Public Health, , CC Jinabhai School of Family and Public Health,

Keywords: private sector , doctors , adherence , monitoring , HIV/AIDS

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Abstract

Background: The danger of poor adherence to treatment by patients with HIV infection is that poor adherence correlates with clinical and virological failure. Understanding how private-sector doctors monitor adherence by their HIV-infected patients could assist in developing interventions to improve adherence by these patients. Information about such practices amongst private-sector doctors in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, however, is limited. This study was, therefore, undertaken to assess the private-sector doctor adherence-monitoring practices of HIV-infected patients in the eThekwini metro of KwaZulu-Natal.

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