Factors Affecting Compliance to HIV/AIDS Treatment amongst PLWHAattending Comprehensive Care Clinic at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital, Nakuru County, Kenya.

Abstract

Due to increasing availability and uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) have been shown to live longer. However, there has been limited research on whether PLWHA comply with safer sexual and reproductive practices as focus has been primarily on HIV negative persons. This study which adopted a cross-sectional survey research design sought to determine compliance to HIV/AIDS management among 72 purposely selected PLWHA attending CCC at Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital. Data generated from analysis of administered interview guidesrevealed that females, middle income earners, positive attitude towards reproductive behaviour, having more than one child after testing sero-positive and those not facing challenges of condom fatigue and financial constraints had a high compliance to HIV treatment. On the contrary, having multiple partners and indulging in alcohol and drug abuse predicted low compliance to HIV treatment.