How to investigate levels of Adherence to antiretroviral ... - INRUD

How to Investigate Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment:
An Indicator-Based Approach
After printing, photocopy the number of forms you need, ensuring back-to-back copying
where relevant:
1. Facility questionnaire: sides 1 and 2 should be photocopied back-to-back and side 3
on a separate sheet of paper.
2. Exit interviews: this should be on one piece of paper; sides 1 and 2 back-to-back.
3. Retro dispensing data: for this form there are eight sheets altogether. You are
requested to complete 100 records, if possible. Data for patients 1-25 should be backto-back
and will take up two pages. Similarly for the two forms with patients 26-50,
51-75, and 76-100.
Quantities of forms needed:
You will require forms for the following purposes:
For training data collectors:
You will need at least two of each form for each participant while training.
For data collection:
For data collection it is helpful to have enough forms for everyone to work on and
one spare set for the facility manager in case they would like them.
Types of forms:
For the facility interview:
You should only need two per facility: one for the team leader to do the interviews
and one for the facility manager if needed.
For the exit and retrospective forms:
It is helpful to have one per data collector per facility and one more for the facility
manager.
Filling in the forms
Filling in the facility questionnaire form
Several questions gather data about the infrastructure at each health facility. These include
the presence or absence of a private space for counselling and a laboratory for CD4 or viral
load testing. In addition, since consistent availability of medicines is a key determinant of
adherence, several indicators measure the current and recent availability of ARVs and other
key medicines to treat or prevent HIV-associated illnesses. The way to do this is to interview
the facility manager and pharmacist, visit the pharmacy and look at the attendance register,
if available, and fill in the facility data collection form.
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