Enhancing Quality of Life and Medication Adherence Through Patient Education and Counseling among HIV/AIDS Patients in Resource Limited Settings - Pre and Post Interventional Pilot Trial

作者: E Vigneshwaran , Y Padmanabha Reddy , N Devanna

DOI: 10.9734/BJPR/2013/2949

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摘要: Aims: The present study was undertaken to examine the effect of patient education and counseling by pharmacist on quality life medication adherence patients living with HIV/AIDS in rural settings. Study Design: It is a single group (without control group) pre- post interventional pilot trial Place Duration Study: Convenient samples 54 either sex, ART medications for minimum 3 months between age 18 ‐ 65 were included study. conducted visiting directly at their homes setup period six months. Methodology: recruited educated counseled individually trained through previously prepared validated Telugu version

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