ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the association between social support, adherence to HIV anti-retroviral therapy, and clinical and sociodemographic factors. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted from July 2016 to August 2018 in a specialized outpatient clinic in southern Brazil. Individual inter...
Objective: to verify the association between the health-related quality of life of chronic renal patients on hemodialysis with sociodemographic, clinical, depression and medication adherence characteristics. Method: a cross-sectional study with 183 chronic renal patients undergoing hemodialysis in the s...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the beliefs of people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus related to insulin use. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative-qualitative study based on Theory of Planned Behavior and performed with 32 participants using insulin. The data were analyzed and grouped i...
Resumo Objetivo Avaliar a associação entre a qualidade de vida e a adesão ao tratamento antirretroviral. Métodos Estudo transversal, desenvolvido em serviço ambulatorial de doenças infecciosas em hospital universitário, localizado no interior do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. A amostra constitui-s...
Enquadramento: A doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica (DPOC) é uma doença crónica e incapacitante, cujo regime terapêutico inclui medicação por via inalatória. A evidência revela uma baixa adesão terapêutica, o que pode potenciar o agravamento da doença. Objetivos: Estudar a adesão e a compet...
Objetivo: mensurar a adesão à medicação em doentes renais crônicos submetidos à hemodiálise. Método: trata-se de
estudo quantitativo, descritivo, realizado em um centro de referência em Nefrologia com 174 pacientes. Empregou-se,
para a coleta dos dados, um Questionário de Avaliação Sobre a Ad...
Objective: to determine the contents that must be included in the usual counseling to improve the adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) of HIV patients, according to their different levels of alcohol consumption, and to determine the validity of the Counseling Guide in improving the adherence to ART ...
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of home visits in a group of children and adolescents with severe asthma by using the inhalation technique score and adherence rates to drug treatment. Method: A 12-month randomized controlled trial involving patients aged between three and 17 years u...
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the relationship between inadequate functional health literacy and inadequate blood pressure control in older people with hypertension in Primary Health Care. Method: a cross-sectional study with sample calculated at 392. SAHLPA-18 tool was used for functional health liter...
Objective: to determine the contents that must be included in the usual counseling to improve the adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) of HIV patients, according to their different levels of alcohol consumption, and to determine the validity of the Counseling Guide in improving the adherence to ART ...
