Socioeconomic factors in adherence to HIV therapy in low- and middle-income countries

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dc.date.accessioned 2014-03-07 en
dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-28T19:17:39Z
dc.date.available 2024-11-28T19:17:39Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-25 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2572
dc.description.abstract It is not clear what effect socioeconomic factors have on adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among patients in low- and middle-income countries. We performed a systematic review of the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with adherence to treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries. We searched electronic databases to identify studies concerning SES and HIV/AIDS and collected data on the association between various determinants of SES (income, education, occupation) and adherence to ART in low- and middle-income countries. From 252 potentially-relevant articles initially identified, 62 original studies were reviewed in detail, which contained data evaluating the association between SES and adherence to treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. Income, level of education, and employment/occupational status were significantly and positively associated with the level of adherence in 15 studies (41.7%), 10 studies (20.4%), and 3 studies (11.1%) respectively out of 36, 49, and 27 studies reviewed. One study for income, four studies for education, and two studies for employment found a negative and significant association with adherence to ART. However, the aforementioned SES determinants were not found to be significantly associated with adherence in relation to 20 income-related (55.6%), 35 education-related (71.4%), 23 employment/occupational status-related (81.5%), and 2 SES-related (100%) studies. The systematic review of the available evidence does not provide conclusive support for the existence of a clear association between SES and adherence to ART among adult patients infected with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries. There seems to be a positive trend among components of SES (income, education, employment status) and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in many of the reviewed studies. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject HIV/AIDS en
dc.subject ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART) en
dc.subject SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE en
dc.subject LOW INCOME POPULATION en
dc.title Socioeconomic factors in adherence to HIV therapy in low- and middle-income countries en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 31(2) en
dc.BudgetYear 2013/14 en
dc.ResearchGroup HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB en
dc.SourceTitle Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition en
dc.ArchiveNumber 8084 en
dc.PageNumber 150-170 en
dc.outputnumber 6789 en
dc.bibliographictitle Peltzer, K. & Pengpid, S. (2013) Socioeconomic factors in adherence to HIV therapy in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 31(2):150-170. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2572 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2572 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2572 en
dc.publicationyear 2013 en
dc.contributor.author1 Peltzer, K. en
dc.contributor.author2 Pengpid, S. en


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