Interest of Youth Living With HIV in Long-Acting Antiretrovirals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study's primary objective was to characterize attitudes to long-acting antiretrovirals (LAARV), among youth aged 13-24 years living with perinatally acquired HIV and nonperinatally acquired HIV. Secondary objectives included: assessing whether those with detectable HIV RNA PCR viral load had higher enthusiasm for LAARV compared to those with suppressed viral load, and examining characteristics associated with LAARV enthusiasm.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey of 303 youth living with HIV (YHIV) followed at 4 pediatric/adolescent HIV clinics in the United States was performed to determine interest in LAARV, using a modified survey instrument previously used in adults. Interest in LAARV across groups was compared. Poisson regression with robust variance was use

SUBMITTER: Weld ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6331217 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature