Health and Technology Journal (HTECHJ)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024): April 2024

Determinants of Antiretroviral (ARV) Treatment Initiation Behavior among People with HIV at Dr. Drajat Prawiranegara Hospital

Neneng Nurhayati (Faculty of Health Science, Universitas Faletehan, Indonesia)
Rita Ramayulis (Faculty of Health Science, Universitas Faletehan, Indonesia)
Ismarina (Faculty of Health Science, Universitas Faletehan, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Apr 2024

Abstract

Indonesia is committed to accelerating increased access to treatment in hospitals with quality services. ARV treatment still faces several challenges, such as the level of knowledge of people living with HIV, problems with counseling, assistance, family support, community support, and the number of services available. This study aims to determine the factors associated with the behavior of initiating ARV treatment in people with HIV at RSUD Dr. Drajat Prawiranegara. This type of research is quantitative and has a cross-sectional design. Independent variables are education level, attitude, distance to health services, and family support. Meanwhile, the dependent variable is ARV treatment initiation behavior—the entire population of HIV patients at RSUD Dr. Drajat Prawiranegara in 2023. The total sample was 56 people selected by total sampling. Statistical tests used the Chi-square test with 95% CI and logistic regression tests. The results of statistical tests showed that the variable distance to availability of health services did not have a significant relationship with ARV treatment initiation behavior (p> 0.05), while the variable level of knowledge with p= 0.000, the attitude variable with p=0.009, and the family support variable with p=0.002, which means it has a significant relationship with ARV treatment initiation behavior. The largest OR value is in the knowledge variable OR=12.129.

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Journal Info

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htechj

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Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Health and Technology Journal (HTECHJ) is peer-reviewed and open access international journal which published by KHD Production, to accommodate researchers and health practitioners publishing their scientific articles. NHSJ accepts original papers, review articles, short communications, case reports ...