| SHORT COMMUNICATION |
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| Year : 2015 | Volume
: 47
| Issue : 6 | Page : 672-675 |
Nonadherence to anti-HIV medication is associated with higher level of anxiety: Experience from a tertiary care hospital of Odisha
Mousumee Panigrahi, Trupti Rekha Swain, Srikanta Mohanty
Department of Pharmacology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mousumee Panigrahi
Department of Pharmacology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.169578
Aim: To correlate the level of anxiety with nonadherence to antiretroviral medication.
Materials and Methods: This observational, cross-sectional, hospital-based study was conducted in 78 patients attending antiretroviral therapy (ART) center of a tertiary care hospital of Odisha. The study duration was 6 months. Patients were designated as nonadherent by referring to the white card. Utilization of ART drugs and adverse drug reactions were included in a predesigned format. The anxiety level of all included patients was scored as per Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Mean anxiety score of the adherent group was compared with that of the nonadherent group. Possible causes of nonadherence leading to high anxiety level were evaluated.
Results: 46% of patients in the nonadherent group had very severe, 17% had moderate to severe, 28% had mild to moderate and 9% had a mild level of anxiety. In the adherent group, however, mild to moderate level of anxiety was observed only in 10% patients.
Conclusions: Anxiety is associated with sub-optimal medication adherence in HIV infected patients.
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