Implementation of Lost & Found, An Intervention to Reengage Patients Out of HIV Care: A Convergent Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Being out of HIV care (OOC) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We assessed implementation of Lost & Found, a clinic-based intervention to reengage OOC patients. OOC patients were identified using a nurse-validated, real-time OOC list within the electronic medical records (EMR) system. Nurses called OOC patients. Implementation occurred at the McGill University Health Centre from April 2018 to 2019. Results from questionnaires to nurses showed elevated scores for implementation outcomes throughout, but with lower, more variable scores during pre-implementation to month 3 [e.g., adoption subscales (scale: 1-5): range from pre-implementation to month 3, 3.7-4.9; thereafter, 4.2-4.9]. Qualitative results from focus groups with nurses were consistent with observed quantitativ

SUBMITTER: Linthwaite B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130100 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature