Response to pharmacological and clinical compliance monitoring of HiV-exposed children

Objective: To establish the degree of pharmacological and clinical compliance of family caregivers of HiV-exposed children as well as the sociodemographic factors associated with care performance.Materials and methods:Cross-sectional study conducted with 40 caregivers of children exposed to HiV and under specialized care service. The Ability Assessment Scale for the Care of HiV-exposed Children was used. Data were analyzed accord-ing to descriptive statistics and bivar-iate analysis using the Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests.Results: Caregivers’ high ability for drug administration and clinical monitoring of HiV-exposed children was verified. There was a statistical-ly significant difference between the care ability and infants’ age. In the group with high care ability, there was a higher prevalence of young moth-ers with partners, unemployed, high school equivalent education, living with four to seven people, and receiv-ing family support.Conclusion: Health services should consider sociodemographic factors and family support in the follow-up of HiV-exposed children by developing an expanded care plan and longitudinal interventions aimed at monitoring the ability of family caregivers to provide medication and clinical follow-up for children. Incor-porating these strategies will contrib-ute to improve pharmacological and clinical adherence of HiV-exposed chil-dren and to enhance the quality of health care