How to investigate Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment ... - INRUD

How to Investigate Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in Health Facilities: Adherence Indicators
Column C
• Find the age of the patient in years at the index visit. If the patient is a child, make sure
the age is in years and NOT months. If the child is younger than two years old, take the
age to the nearest six months (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2). Otherwise, take the age in years.
Column D
• Write the gender of the patient as M for Male or F for Female.
Column E
• Find the date ARVs were initiated and write down the date in (dd/mm/yy) format. It is
important to write down a date here because many calculations depend upon it. If you
can’t find an exact date, write a date down that is approximately correct.
G H J K N O
Index Visit Dispensing Visit 2 Dispensing Visit 3 Dispensing
Index visit
Date any ARV
drugs
dispensed
(dd/mm/yy)
# days of
ART
dispensed on
that day
Date any ARV
drugs
dispensed
(dd/mm/yy)
# days of ART
dispensed on
that day
Date any ARV
drugs
dispensed
(dd/mm/yy)
# days of ART
dispensed on
that day
Column G
• The index visit date is the date the patient had medicine dispensed in the month seven
months ago, which was the date the patient was selected for (as in table 2). Write down
the date in dd/mm/yy format (for example, 12 March 2004 would be 12/03/04).
Column H
• Write down the number of days of ARVs dispensed. (Note: Do not write down the
number of pills. Write the number of days of pills dispensed.)
Columns J and K
• Write the date of the next visit and the number of days of pills dispensed
Columns N and O
• Write the date of the next visit and the number of days of pills dispensed
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