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Table 3 Overview of elements included in each factor of Fig. 2

From: Exploring the mechanisms behind HIV drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa: conceptual mapping of a complex adaptive system based on multi-disciplinary expert insights

Adherence motivation subsystem

Healthcare system burden

ART overreliance subsystem

Interconnected wicked problems

Psychosocial

Social support

Quality of care

Timely acting on unsuppressed viral load

Global effort to tackle HIVDR

Food insecurity

Acceptance of HIV status

Substance abuse

Accessibility of health centre (including safety)

Tracing of PLHIV

Drug prices

Gender inequality

Community stigma and gossip

Adherence and retention

Adherence counselling

Well-functioning supply chain

Global effort to tackle HIVDR

Lower social status

Concerns about side effects of ART

Adherence

Administrative and political barriers

Health literacy and empowerment

HIVDR funding

Migration

Depression

Engagement and retention in care

ART treatment approach / policy

Individual and community empowerment

Need to show success of the ART programme

Punitive laws for MSM and sex workers

Engagement in risk behaviour

Engagement in alternative care

Assuring quality of ART

Individual education level

Research focus

War and disease outbreaks

Financial situation

Clinical manifestations

Availability and quality of equipment

Incentive to search for information

Resource allocation with focus on population

 

Forgetfulness

Concurrent disease and opportunistic infections

Patient-provider relationship

Misinformation

Availability of ART with a higher genetic barrier

 

Having examples of well-functioning ART

Feeling and looking healthy

Competence of healthcare workers

Religious beliefs

Availability of better drugs

 

HIV status disclosure

Side effects of ART

Correct prescribing practices

Understanding of HIV infection and treatment

  

Hospital design

Biology

Distance to the healthcare centre

Health system resources

  

Linguistic issues

Drug levels in body

Healthcare provider stigma

Healthcare system workload

  

Pill burden

Drug-drug interactions

Job satisfaction and motivation of healthcare workers

   

Pill fatigue

Efficiency of drug combination

Peer support group

   

Priority given to treatment

HIVDR selection

Quality of data systems

   

Readiness to start taking ART

Optimal absorption of drug

Required frequency of hospital visits

   

Self-stigmatisation

Transmission of HIV(DR)

Resistance (and subtype) testing

   

Social obligations

VL suppression

Stock availability of ART and reagents