Mobile Health Tool to Capture Social Determinants of Health and Their Impact on HIV Treatment Outcomes Among People Who Use Drugs: Pilot Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Active substance use, food or housing insecurity, and criminal legal system involvement can disrupt HIV care for people living with HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD). These social determinants of health are not routinely captured in clinical settings.

Objective

We evaluated whether real-time reports of social and behavioral factors using a smartphone app could predict viral nonsuppression and missed care visits to inform future mobile health interventions.

Methods

We enrolled 59 participants from the AIDS Linked to the Intravenous Experience (ALIVE) Study in Baltimore, Maryland, into a 12-month substudy between February 2017 and October 2018. Participants were eligible if they had OUD and had either a measured HIV RNA ≥1000 copies/mL or a ≥1-month lapse in

SUBMITTER: Gicquelais RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11964955 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature