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Biney IJK, Kyei KA, Ganu VJ, et al. Antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Afr J AIDS Res. 2021;20(4):270-276doi: 10.2989/16085906.2021.1998783.
Biney, I. J. K., Kyei, K. A., Ganu, V. J., Kenu, E., Puplampu, P., Manortey, S., & Lartey, M. (2021). Antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. African journal of AIDS research : AJAR, 20(4), 270-276. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2021.1998783
Biney, Isaac Justice Kobina, et al. "Antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults at a tertiary hospital in Ghana." African journal of AIDS research : AJAR vol. 20,4 (2021): 270-276. doi: https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2021.1998783
Biney IJK, Kyei KA, Ganu VJ, Kenu E, Puplampu P, Manortey S, Lartey M. Antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Afr J AIDS Res. 2021 Dec;20(4):270-276. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2021.1998783. PMID: 34905452.
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Afr J AIDS Res. 2021 Dec;20(4):270-276. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2021.1998783.

Antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults at a tertiary hospital in Ghana.

African journal of AIDS research : AJAR

Isaac Justice Kobina Biney, Kofi Adesi Kyei, Vincent Jessey Ganu, Ernest Kenu, Peter Puplampu, Steven Manortey, Margaret Lartey

Affiliations

  1. Fevers Unit, Department of Medicine, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
  2. School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
  3. School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
  4. Ensign College of Public Health, Kpong, Ghana.
  5. School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

PMID: 34905452 DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2021.1998783

Abstract

With the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), many HIV-infected children are growing into adolescence and adulthood. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the Fevers Unit of one of the teaching hospitals in Ghana. The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) and pill count were used to assess adherence, while measured viral load levels of participants were used to assess viral suppression. The rate of viral suppression (<400 copies/ml) was 68.2%. Participants with high MMAS-8 scores were 8.4 times more likely to be virally suppressed compared to those with low MMAS-8 scores (OR = 8.4,

Keywords: HAART; HIV; medication; resistance; viral load

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