Effects of a brief video intervention on treatment initiation and adherence among patients attending human immunodeficiency virus treatment clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who get and keep a suppressed viral load are unlikely to transmit HIV. Simple, practical interventions to help achieve HIV viral suppression that are easy and inexpensive to administer in clinical settings are needed. We evaluated whether a brief video containing HIV-related health messages targeted to all patients in the waiting room improved treatment initiation, medication adherence, and retention in care.

Methods and findings

In a quasi-experimental trial all patients (N = 2,023) attending two HIV clinics from June 2016 to March 2017 were exposed to a theory-based, 29-minute video depicting persons overcoming barriers to starting treatment, taking medication as prescribed, and keeping medical appointments. New pr

SUBMITTER: Neumann MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6173379 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature