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

How to Investigate Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in Health Facilities: Adherence Indicators
Column C
• Note gender (write male or female).
Column D
What is your occupation?
• The main point of this question is to get an answer to the next question. If the patient is a
child who does not attend school yet, his or her occupation can be preschool, if the child
is in school, the occupation can be pupil. Housewife may be an occupation depending on
culture.
Column E
With your illness, are you now able to actively continue with your normal
activities?
• Write Y for yes or N for no. If the person is a child, a mother or caregiver knows the
appropriate level of activity of a child that age
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
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