Title |
Health functional literacy and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in people living with HIV
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Published in |
Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, January 2021
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DOI | 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200012 |
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Authors |
Taciane Alvarenga Perez, Eduardo Federighi Baisi Chagas, Osni Lázaro Pinheiro |
Abstract |
To verify the relationship between adherence to antiretroviral therapy and Functional Health Literacy. Cross-sectional study, carried out in the Specialized Care Service in 2019, using questionnaires about adherence to treatment and Functional Health literacy people living with human immunodeficiency virus. The LFS questionnaire has questions about numerical and text interpretation skills and the adherence questionnaire addresses how to use antiretrovirals. Viral load was verified by analysis of medical records. Associations between variables were analyzed using the Chi-square test. 78 patients were interviewed and a significant association between the variables to treatment adherence and Functional Literacy in Health was observed. The association between adherence to therapy and viral load levels was also significant. The data found show a significant association between the variables, ie, the lower the functional health literacy, the greater the difficulty to adhere to treatment. |
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Librarian | 2 | 7% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
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