TY - JOUR T1 - Attitudes to directly observed antiretroviral treatment in a workplace HIV care programme in South Africa JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 383 LP - 386 DO - 10.1136/sti.2007.025585 VL - 83 IS - 5 AU - Liesl S Page-Shipp AU - Salome Charalambous AU - Surita Roux AU - Belinda Dias AU - Clement Sefuti AU - Gavin J Churchyard AU - Alison D Grant Y1 - 2007/08/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/83/5/383.abstract N2 - Objective: To investigate attitudes to directly observed antiretroviral therapy (DOT ART) among HIV infected adults attending a workplace HIV care programme in South Africa. Methods: Clients attending workplace HIV clinics in two regions were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: 100 individuals (99% male, mean age 40.2 years) participated, 61% were already taking ART by self administration. 71% had previous tuberculosis (TB) with the majority having received DOT for TB. 65% of individuals indicated that they would not like to receive ART by DOT—the main reason given was a desire to take responsibility for their own treatment. This contrasted with 79% who thought TB treatment by DOT a good idea. On questioning about disclosure, 70% reported disclosure to their sexual partners and 21% to fellow workers. 78% of individuals indicated willingness to support someone else taking ART. Conclusion: ART by DOT was not an immediately popular concept with our patients, primarily because of a desire to retain responsibility for their own treatment. More work is needed to understand what key elements of treatment support are needed to promote adherence. ER -