The Evaluation of Medication Adherence in Patients Infected With HCV Receiving Protease Inhibitors: A Pilot Study

Suzana Muller1, Aline Patricia Brietzke, Deivid Cruz Dos Santos

  • 1Suzana Muller, PhD, RN, Department of Clinical Research Center, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Aline Patricia Brietzke, MSc, RN, Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Deivid Cruz dos Santos, Department of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology/Hepatology), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; and Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Bairro Rio Branco, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Michelle Moraes Jacinto, Department of Clinical Research Center, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Matheus Truccolo Michalczuk, MD, Department of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology/Hepatology), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; and Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Bairro Rio Branco, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Mário Reis Álvarez-da-Silva, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology/Hepatology), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; and Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Bairro Rio Branco, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

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