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90-90-90-Plus: Maintaining Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapies

Authors :
Inge B. Corless
Puangtip Chaiphibalsarisdi
Kathleen M. Sullivan
Carmen J. Portillo
Allison R. Webel
Patrice K. Nicholas
Wei-Ti Chen
Joachim G. Voss
Mallory O. Johnson
Lucille Sanzero Eller
William L. Holzemer
Elizabeth Sefcik
Marta Rivero-Méndez
Carol Dawson-Rose
Lynda Tyer-Viola
Scholastika Iipinge
Kenn M. Kirksey
Jeanne Kemppainen
J. Craig Phillips
Mary Jane Hamilton
Alex Hoyt
John Brion
Kathleen M. Nokes
Source :
AIDS patient care and STDs, vol 31, iss 5
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
eScholarship, University of California, 2017.

Abstract

Medication adherence is the "Plus" in the global challenge to have 90% of HIV-infected individuals tested, 90% of those who are HIV positive treated, and 90% of those treated achieve an undetectable viral load. The latter indicates viral suppression, the goal for clinicians treating people living with HIV (PLWH). The comparative importance of different psychosocial scales in predicting the level of antiretroviral adherence, however, has been little studied. Using data from a cross-sectional study of medication adherence with an international convenience sample of 1811 PLWH, we categorized respondent medication adherence as None (0%), Low (1-60%), Moderate (61-94%), and High (95-100%) adherence based on self-report. The survey contained 13 psychosocial scales/indices, all of which were correlated with one another (p

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
AIDS patient care and STDs, vol 31, iss 5
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....6fefcbbe7ebfbed226a48fb3aea560cb