Response and adherence to antiretroviral treatment in people over 50 years of age living with HIV/AIDS

Authors

  • Osvaldo Fidel Mendez INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL "PEDRO KOURI"
  • Dennis Pérez Chacón INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL "PEDRO KOURI"
  • Alberto Baly Gil INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL "PEDRO KOURI"
  • Jorge Pérez Ávila INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL "PEDRO KOURI"

Keywords:

HIV, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, highly active antiretroviral therapy, compliance and adherence to treatment, people over 50 years of age.

Abstract

Introduction: In 1981, when the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported, humanity did not suspect that it was facing a global health and social problem.

Objective: To correlate the response to antiretroviral treatment to adherence and to sociodemographic, clinical and laboratory variables in people over 50 years of age living with HIV/AIDS.

Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted between January-March 2022. The study included 254 patients living with HIV/AIDS, over 50 years of age, treated as outpatients or hospitalized at the Hospital Center of the Institute of Tropical Medicine “Pedro Kourí”.

Results: Patients were predominantly white (63.0%), male (83.9%), single (92.9%), and men who have sex with men (72.0%). The prevailing educational level of the patients in the study was high school (49.6%). Fifty-seven percent of the patients were adherent to antiretroviral treatment. Of them, 85.5% had a positive response to treatment compared to only 3.7% of the non-adherent patients.

Conclusions: There is an association between adherence, therapeutic response and viral load in people aged 50 years and older living with HIV/AIDS. It is corroborated that non-adherence to treatment and high viral load are associated with the appearance of opportunistic diseases.

 

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Author Biographies

Osvaldo Fidel Mendez, INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL "PEDRO KOURI"

Maestría en enfermedades Infecciosas

Dennis Pérez Chacón, INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL "PEDRO KOURI"

Doctora en Ciencias, Departamento de Epidemiología

Alberto Baly Gil, INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL "PEDRO KOURI"

Doctor en Ciencias, Departamento de Epidemiología

Jorge Pérez Ávila, INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL "PEDRO KOURI"

Profesor Consultante, Master en Enfermedades Infecciosas

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Published

2022-12-22

How to Cite

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Mendez OF, Pérez Chacón D, Baly Gil A, Pérez Ávila J. Response and adherence to antiretroviral treatment in people over 50 years of age living with HIV/AIDS. Rev. cuba. hig. epidemiol. [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 22 [cited 2025 Jan. 15];59. Available from: https://revepidemiologia.sld.cu/index.php/hie/article/view/1321

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