Understanding how adherence goals promote adherence behaviours: a repeated measure observational study with HIV seropositive patients
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Understanding how adherence goals promote adherence behaviours: a repeated measure observational study with HIV seropositive patients
BACKGROUND The extent to which patients follow treatments as prescribed is pivotal to treatment success. An exceptionally high level (> 95%) of HIV medication adherence is required to suppress viral replication and protect the immune system and a similarly high level (> 80%) of adherence has also been suggested in order to benefit from prescribed exercise programmes. However, in clinical practi...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-587