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

Chapter 5
Data collection tools and how to modify, print and fill them in
Column F
When did you start on the medicine for HIV/AIDS?
Ask when they started ART and write how many months on ARV treatment.
H I J
Cost home to clinic Time home to clinic (in mins) Time in clinic today (in mins)
Column H
Did it cost you anything to get to the clinic today?
If so, how much?
Ask how much it cost to come to the clinic today from their house or place of work and
write in local currency.
Column I
How long did it take you to travel to the clinic today?
Ask how long it took to come to the clinic today from their house or place of work and
write in minutes (not hours and minutes). If they don’t know the answer, try and find
when they left. You may be able to relate it to some other event like dawn or prayers.
Then try and find when they arrived perhaps in relation to clinic opening time. Then you
can work it out.
In some cases the patient may have travelled from a remote area the day before to stay
with a relative overnight and come to the clinic in the morning, or even arrived earlier
before the appointment to do other things, such as sell produce. In these cases take into
account the travel time from the remote area as well as the travel time from the place
stayed in locally, but do not take into account the rest of the time. Calculate total travel
time in minutes.
Column J
What time did you arrive at the clinic today?
Calculate total time in clinic during this visit in minutes based on the time it is when
asking the question. It is useful before the interview to work out how long it is now since
the beginning of the clinic, so that it is quicker to calculate how long the patient has been
there. Write in minutes.
If patient doesn't know the time, try and relate it to something else such as the
beginning of clinic, and calculate the time.
(For information only) May I see all the medicines you were given today and any
prescriptions you may have been given?
Ask to see all the ARVS and non-ARVS dispensed and the prescriptions for all drugs
prescribed. If the patient has no prescription, just look at the medicines given.
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