Behavioral Economic Incentives to Support HIV Care: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study tests behavioral economics incentives to improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART), with 1 approach being low cost.

Setting

Three hundred twenty-nine adults at Mildmay Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, on ART for at least 2 years and showing adherence problems received the intervention for about 15 months until the study was interrupted by a nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown.

Methods

We randomized participants into 1 of 3 (1:1:1) groups: usual care ("control" group; n = 109) or 1 of 2 intervention groups where eligibility for nonmonetary prizes was based on showing at least 90% electronically measured ART adherence ("adherence-linked" group, n = 111) or keeping clinic appointments as scheduled ("clinic-linked"; n = 109). After 12 months, partici

SUBMITTER: Linnemayr S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11192614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature