Challenges Faced by Perinatally-Infected Kenyan Adolescents and Youth Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Wellness challenges experienced by adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLWH) during COVID-19 are unknown and could guide HIV care in resource-limited settings. Between February/2021 and July/2022, perinatally-infected AYLWH at the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) in western Kenya completed surveys assessing psychological, physical, socioeconomic, and antiretroviral nonadherence challenges and underwent viral load (VL) testing evaluating for virologic (VL > 40 copies/mL) or treatment (VL > 1,000 copies/mL) failure. Patterns in challenges, nonadherence, and VL measures by enrolment were evaluated using general additive models. Associations between challenges and nonadherence scores were quantified using linear regression; associations between non-adherence and failu

SUBMITTER: Singh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12308764 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature