Aim:

To adapt and valídate an existing instrument to assess the barriers to antiretroviral treatment adherence among individuais with mv in Córdoba, Argentina.

Materials and methods:

The final simple population included 180 Argentinian people. The mean age of the participants was 40.61 (SD = 12.032) years and 82.8% were men. Various internal structure and reliability and validity studies with other variables were conducted on the study population (n = 180). Results: The results of confirmatory factor analysis were consistent with the factorial structure of the original study. However, to achieve this, items that had low factorial loads and were redundant had to be eliminated. Coefficient w values of .833 on the Information subscale, .759 on the Motivation subscale, and .888 on the Behavioral Skills subscale were obtained. Significant correlations were determined between the results of adherence and barriers to treatment.

Conclusion:

The results suggest that the instrument can be used to assess the barriers to antiretroviral treatment adherence in Córdoba, Argentina. Although further research is warranted, these results are promising.

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