“…[15][16][17] We identified a number of socio-demographic, drug-related, healthcare system-related, and psychological variables such as number of HIV-infected children, nature of ART regimen, adverse effects, frequency of taking drugs, number of tablets taken at a time daily, attitude of healthcare persons, quality of treatment, travel cost, distance travelled to reach ART center, and depression (using univariate analysis) which were associated with poor adherence to ART among mothers. In the multivariate model, however, only depression (measured with BDI scale), Trait anxiety level, attitude of healthcare persons, and adverse effects of anti-retroviral drugs predicted poor adherence to treatment.…”