Effect of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Adherence to Antiretroviral Drugs among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Lagos State, Nigeria (Published)
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 aims to end AIDS by 2030. This brief provides an update on the progress in relation to HIV prevention, testing and t: reatment. This study, therefore investigated the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy on adherence to anti-retroviral drugs among people living with HIV/AIDS in Lagos State. The population for the study was people living with HIV/AIDS in selected local government areas in Lagos State where two hundred participants participated in this study. The study utilizes two group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design. After administering a pre-test, the participants were taken through series of nurse-led psycho-educational programme of CBT on adherence to anti-retroviral drug among people living with HIV/AIDS, after which a post test was administered. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. T-test and ANOVA were used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed a significant difference in the mean level of adherence to antiretroviral drugs (mean difference = 10.77, t(193) = 9.437, p = .000<.05) among people living with HIV/AIDS in the experimental and control groups. A significant difference was found in the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy and control on people living with HIV/AIDS anti-retroviral drug adherence (F(1,144) = 7.666; p = .000<0.05). The study concluded that CBT is useful for a clinical diagnosis and clinical outcomes. It is therefore recommended among others that healthcare facilities and policymakers should incorporate CBT as a standard component of HIV/AIDS management to enhance adherence to antiretroviral therapy.
Keywords: Adherence, Anti-retroviral drug, Cognitive behaviour therapy, HIV/AIDS
Interaction Effect of Sex on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Logotherapy in Reducing Risky Sexual Behaviours Among School Adolescents (Published)
This study investigated the interaction effect of sex on cognitive behaviour therapy and logotherapy on risky sexual behaviours among adolescents, in public secondary school s in Benin metropolis. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design, using pre-test – post-test, non-equivalent control group. The population of the study comprised of twenty thousand, four hundred and twenty (20,420) SS II students in the Thirty-one (31) mixed public senior secondary schools in Benin Metropolis, Edo State, Nigeria. The sample of the study consisted of one hundred and thirty-five (135) senior secondary two (SSII) students. The study adapted the “Adolescent Sex Behaviour Inventory’’ developed by Friedrich (2004). The instrument was validated while the reliability coefficient of 0.926 was established. The collected data were analyzed, using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there is significant difference in the treatment interaction by sex in reducing risky sexual behaviours among in-school adolescents. Therefore, it was concluded that sex could play a role in the reduction of risky sexual behaviours among in-school adolescents. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors should encourage parents to give sex education early and discuss sex-related issues that are appropriate for their children in all stages to avoid the consequences of risky sexual behaviours.
Keywords: Cognitive behaviour therapy, adolescent’s sex, logotherapy, risky sexual behaviours