TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life improvement, social stigma and antiretroviral treatment adherence
T2 - implications for long-term HIV/AIDS care
AU - Tran, Bach Xuan
AU - Fleming, Mercedes
AU - Do, Huyen Phuc
AU - Nguyen, Long Hoang
AU - Latkin, Carl A
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - By 2020, the Vietnamese government has committed to having 90% of patients receiving ART as well as 90% of those on ART having successful viral suppression. Factors that influence adherence to ART among patients are essential to allowing the adequate care. This study was conducted across 8 outpatient clinics in Hanoi and Nam Dinh province and included 1133 patients living with HIV. Socioeconomic factors such as marital status, education, employment as well as health-related quality of life improvements were investigated as potentially being associated with adherence rates of ART patients. Through multivariate logistic regression analysis with self-reported ART adherence and VAS scores, this study was able to identify marital status and employment as two factors associated with positive adherence scores. Similarly, health problems, stigmatization, and duration on ART were associated negatively with ART adherence. Knowing that these factors may be linked to adherence rates, they can be preemptively managed with patients to enhance adherence rates and achieve successful viral suppression.
AB - By 2020, the Vietnamese government has committed to having 90% of patients receiving ART as well as 90% of those on ART having successful viral suppression. Factors that influence adherence to ART among patients are essential to allowing the adequate care. This study was conducted across 8 outpatient clinics in Hanoi and Nam Dinh province and included 1133 patients living with HIV. Socioeconomic factors such as marital status, education, employment as well as health-related quality of life improvements were investigated as potentially being associated with adherence rates of ART patients. Through multivariate logistic regression analysis with self-reported ART adherence and VAS scores, this study was able to identify marital status and employment as two factors associated with positive adherence scores. Similarly, health problems, stigmatization, and duration on ART were associated negatively with ART adherence. Knowing that these factors may be linked to adherence rates, they can be preemptively managed with patients to enhance adherence rates and achieve successful viral suppression.
KW - antiretroviral treatment adherence
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - quality of life
KW - stigma
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U2 - 10.1080/09540121.2018.1510094
DO - 10.1080/09540121.2018.1510094
M3 - Article
C2 - 30099885
AN - SCOPUS:85051950110
SN - 0954-0121
JO - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
JF - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
ER -