Effectiveness of interactive voice response-call for life mHealth tool on adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among young people living with HIV: A randomized trial in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In people living with HIV, adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential for achieving and sustaining viral suppression and reducing mortality. In young people living with HIV, ART adherence and retention remain a challenge with unsatisfactory viral suppression rates despite facility-based intensive adherence counseling that is the standard of care. Few studies have evaluated mHealth adherence interventions among young people living with HIV in resource-limited settings.

Methods

This was a randomized parallel trial. Young people aged between15-24 living with HIV, initiating ART, or on ART for not more than 6 months at three ART clinics were recruited and randomized to a ratio of 1:1 to either standard of care or the intervention "Call for Life-Interacti

SUBMITTER: Bwanika Naggirinya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575762 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature