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Questions | Correct response frequency (%) |
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(1) What is the name of your ART medication? |
TDF + 3TC + DTG | 0 |
ABC + 3TC + DTG | 0 |
AZT + 3TC + DTG | 0 |
AZT + 3TC + ATV/r (or LPV/r) | 0 |
(2) How many tablets should you take each day for your ART medication? |
One tab | 165 (100) |
Two tab | 0 |
Three tab | 0 |
Four tab | 0 |
Five tab | 0 |
Six tab | 0 |
(3) How should you take your ART? |
At a fixed time | 164 (99.4) |
At a variable time | 1 (0.6) |
(4) How do you take your ART in relation to food intake? |
After food | 128 (77.6) |
Half an hour before meal | 1 (0.6) |
Either with or without food | 36 (21.8) |
(5) How long should you take your ART? |
Lifelong | 139 (84.2) |
For some years | 3 (1.8) |
Can be stopped by doctor depending on CD4 count | 0 |
Don’t know | 23 (13.9) |
(6) What is the main purpose of ART? |
Suppress the power of HIV | 56 (33.9) |
It does not cure the disease forever | 24 (14.5) |
It suppress the power of HIV but does not cure the disease forever | 44 (26.7) |
Cure HIV/AIDS | 0 |
Don’t know | 41 (24.8) |
(7) What is the effect of ART on HIV viral load? |
Decreases HIV viral load | 96 (58.2) |
Increases HIV viral load | 0 |
Does nothing to HIV viral load | 1 (0.6) |
Don’t know | 68 (41.2) |
(8) What is the effect of ART on CD4 count? |
Decreases CD4 cells count | 2 (1.2) |
Increases CD4 cells count | 89 (53.9) |
Don’t know | 75 (45.5) |
(9) What is the effect of ART on mother-to-child HIV transmission? |
It can prevent transmission | 111 (67.3) |
It can’t prevent transmission | 5 (3) |
Don’t know | 50 (30.3) |
(10) How much percentage of ART adherence is required to achieve optimum suppression of HIV viral load? |
Up to 94% | — |
95–100% | 128 (77.6) |
Don’t know | 37 (22.4) |
(11) Does missing your ART medication reduce treatment efficiency? |
Reduces treatment efficiency | 88 (53.3) |
Does not reduce treatment efficiency | 77 (46.6) |
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