%0 Journal Article
%T Antiretroviral Side Effects on Adherence in People Living with HIV/AIDS
%A Gede Arya Bagus Arisudhana
%A Muchlis Achsan Udji Sofro
%A Untung Sujianto
%J -
%D 2018
%R 10.14710/nmjn.v8i2.20742
%X Background: Antiretroviral therapy is a lifelong treatment in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Adherence is the key to the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy. The administration of antiretroviral has some side effects that may affect patient adherence. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the impacts of antiretroviral side effects on adherence in PLWHA. Methods: This study used a correlational research design. The samples were 78 patients receiving antiretroviral therapy at the tropical disease and infection polyclinic in a hospital in Semarang. Purposive sampling was used to recruit the samples. Data on side effects of antiretroviral were obtained based on the patientsĄ¯ reports, while data on adherence of pill consumption were obtained through the calculation of pills using pill count adherence rate. The collected data were analyzed using the FisherĄ¯s exact test. Results: Results showed that the side effects of antiretroviral therapy influenced the antiretroviral adherence (p<0.001). Most of the side effects of antiretroviral reported by participants were nausea and dizziness. Some participants also reported weakness, difficult to concentrate, and diarrhea. Conclusion: The side effects of antiretroviral had negative impacts on patientsĄ¯ antiretroviral therapy adherence. Therefore, nurses and health care providers of PLWHA should be able to recognize and give concern on antiretroviral side effect management
%K Adherence
%K antiretroviral
%K PLWHA
%K side effect
%U https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/medianers/article/view/20742