Experiências de adesão e abandono ao tratamento anti-retroviral

Abstract

This study aims to understand the experiences of adherence and abandonment of ART among a group of people living with HIV / AIDS in the district of Magude, attended at the District Hospital of Magude. For data collection, the ethnographic method was applied, where the techniques of direct and participant observation, semi-structured interviews and life stories were used. In total, we talked to nine people, six patients with HIV / AIDS and four Health Professionals. The data allowed the construction of three categories of analysis: i) Experiences of adherence and abandonment of ART; ii) barriers related to ART; iii) local practices in the treatment of HIV / AIDS. The study allowed us to verify that the experience of adherence and abandonment of ART is unique, as each patient gives his web of meaning. The analysis also showed that due to this singular experience of adherence and abandonment of ART in each individual, the factors related to adherence and abandonment are multiple and concomitant. Thus, the economic, socio-cultural factors, side effects of ART and the treatment of the health team, are manifested in the same context and differently. However, these factors cannot be analyzed separately