Physician Focused Intervention to Improve Adherence With HIV Antiretrovirals

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)156 enrolled

Overview

We hypothesized that providing physicians treating with HIV disease, at the time of a routine outpatient visit, with a detailed report describing patients' adherence with HIV antiretroviral medications, would improve the quality of the physician-patient interaction, and also patients' subsequent adherence.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

156

Conditions

HIV Infection HIV Infections

Interventions

Adherence reportBEHAVIORAL

During the intervention phase, the data collected at the study visit were summarized in a 3-page report that was given to the provider before each intervention visit. The report included data on self-reported adherence, MEMS adherence, reminder use, beliefs about ART, reasons for missed doses, alcohol and drug use, and depression.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * on ART * willing to use MEMS cap * speaks and reads English * detectable viral loads Exclusion Criteria: * uses a pill box

Locations (1)

Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Antiretroviral medication adherence as assessed by electronic pill cap monitoring.

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Self-reported medication adherence

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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