All eligible patients will be invited to use electronic monitoring of medication (MEMS) during the next six months. After two months with MEMS the enrolled patients will be randomized to intervention group or to control group. The intervention group will be submitted to four social-psycho sessions with a pre-trained health professional. The control group will receive the usual care of the health service. The study will compare the rate of adherence to antiretroviral therapy between the intervention group and the control group. The duration of the study will be of six months. The analysis will be based on "intention-to-treat.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
121
The intervention focus on the notion of scenes and scenarios to examine and discussing the experience of taking ARV medicines. In principle, such an approach provides a tool for conscientization, action and the invention of novel group and individual repertoires that may result in individual mobilization for improving adherence to treatment and reducing his/her vulnerability.
The control group will be submitted to the usual care of the health service
Centro de Referência e Treinamento DST/AIDS
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Adherence to HAART
Time frame: 24 weeks
Viral Load
Time frame: 12 and 24 weeks
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