A Web-Based Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Intervention (Thrive With Me) in a Community-Recruited Sample of Sexual Minority Men Living With HIV: Results of a Randomized Controlled Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most new HIV infections are attributed to male-to-male sexual contact in the United States. However, only two-thirds of sexual minority men living with HIV achieve an undetectable viral load (UVL). We tested a web-based antiretroviral therapy adherence intervention called Thrive with Me (TWM) with core features that included medication self-monitoring and feedback, HIV and antiretroviral therapy information, and a peer-to-peer exchange.

Objective

We assessed the efficacy of TWM on HIV UVL among adult (aged ≥18 years) sexual minority men. Moreover, we assessed the impact of overall engagement and engagement with specific intervention features on HIV UVL.

Methods

In total, 401 sexual minority men (mean age 39.1, SD 10.8 y; 230/384, 59.9% African American) in

SUBMITTER: Horvath KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474139 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature