Aims: To evaluate the clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic compliance of pa
tients with chronic hepatitis B virus at the Department of Hepato-Gastroen
terology in Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital. Patients and Methods:
This is a prospective, descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study con
ducted over a period of 3 months on patients who were chronic carriers of the
hepatitis B virus and who had given their consent. Compliance was assessed
using the GIRERD adherence assessment test and the visual analogue scale
(VAS). Results: A total of 104 patients were included, 61 of whom were men
(58.6%). The mean age was 40.2 years with a standard deviation of 12.6 years.
Sixty-three patients (60.6%) were treated with tenofovir. Three-quarters of the
patients were compliant with their six-monthly clinical follow-up and 25%
had adequate paraclinical follow-up. Tenofovir supply disruption was the
cause of treatment discontinuation in 30.4% of cases. Factors associated with
compliance were female sex, monthly income and age. Factors associated with
regularity of the follow-up were distance, higher level of education and being a shopkeeper. Conclusions: Our study showed good compliance to clinical
follow-up but an inadequate adherence to paraclinical follow-up. A good un
derstanding of the determinants of compliance is needed to incorporate them
into clinical practice to ensure optimal patient care.

Compliance, Medical Follow-up, Hepatitis B, Africa