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Acceptability and Feasibility of a Cell Phone Support Intervention for Youth Living with HIV with Nonadherence to Antiretroviral Therapy
- Source :
- AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 29:338-345
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2015.
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Abstract
- A pilot randomized clinical trial of youth ages 15-24 nonadherent to antiretroviral therapy (ART) utilizing daily cell phone support was found to have significant improvement in self-reported adherence and HIV RNA. Understanding acceptability and feasibility is critical for future implementation in clinic settings. Exit interviews were obtained from participants and adherence facilitators (AF). Acceptability was assessed from content analysis of exit interviews. Feasibility was assessed via intervention retention and study retention rates. Thirty-seven eligible youth were enrolled with 19 assigned to the intervention. Seven (37%) discontinued the intervention either due to missing over 20% of calls for two consecutive months (N=5) or missing 10 consecutive calls (N=2). Sixteen participants completed exit interviews, 15 reported the call length was just right, 13 reported they would have liked to continue calls after the 24-week intervention, and all participants reported they would recommend the intervention to friends. Scheduling and making calls required less than 1 h per week per participant. Providing cell phone support to youth nonadherent to ART was acceptable and feasible. While the cost is low compared to the price of ART, healthcare systems will need to explore how to cover the cost of providing cell phones (incentive).
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Anti-HIV Agents
Reminder Systems
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
MEDLINE
HIV Infections
medicine.disease_cause
Medication Adherence
law.invention
Young Adult
Randomized controlled trial
Phone
law
Intervention (counseling)
medicine
Humans
Young adult
Qualitative Research
Motivation
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Antiretroviral therapy
Infectious Diseases
Behavioral and Psychosocial Research
Physical therapy
Feasibility Studies
Female
business
Cell Phone
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15577449 and 10872914
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIDS Patient Care and STDs
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....08f0e35cba9ef30d4fc44623f9447012