White, Iona;
Judd, Ali;
Castro, Hannah;
Chappell, Elizabeth;
(2024)
Beliefs about antiretroviral therapy and their association with adherence in young people living with perinatal HIV in England: a cross-sectional analysis.
AIDS Care
10.1080/09540121.2023.2300984.
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Abstract
This cross-sectional analysis aimed to describe beliefs about antiretroviral therapy (ART) in young people living with perinatal HIV (PHIV) in England, and the association between these beliefs and adherence to ART. The Beliefs About Medicine Questionnaire (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy version), was used to measure participants’ beliefs in the necessity of (“Necessity score”) and concerns regarding (“Concerns score”) ART. Participants were classified as having high/low total scores using midpoints of the score scales. Associations between beliefs and being Last Month Adherent (LMA; self-reported not missing more than 2 consecutive ART doses in the month prior to the interview) were analysed using logistic regression, adjusting for sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables. Of 247 PHIV (median age = 18.6 years), 158 (64%) were LMA. 224 (91%) had a high Necessity score and 54 (22%) a high Concerns score. There was no association between high Necessity score and LMA in multivariable analysis (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.34, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.34–5.28, p = 0.679); however, high Concerns score was independently associated with a reduced odds of being LMA (aOR = 0.19, CI = 0.07–0.47, p < 0.001). Interventions to address the concerns young people living with PHIV have about ART should be explored as a strategy to improve their adherence.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Beliefs about antiretroviral therapy and their association with adherence in young people living with perinatal HIV in England: a cross-sectional analysis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09540121.2023.2300984 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2023.2300984 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Beliefs; adherence; antiretroviral therapy; HIV; young people |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology > MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10186548 |
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