Adherence and Viral Suppression Among Participants of the Patient-centered Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Care Model Project: A Collaboration Between Community-based Pharmacists and HIV Clinical Providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral suppression (VS) decreases morbidity, mortality, and transmission risk.

Methods

The Patient-centered HIV Care Model integrated community-based pharmacists with HIV medical providers and required them to share patient clinical information, identify therapy-related problems, and develop therapy-related action plans.Proportions adherent to antiretroviral therapy (proportion of days covered [PDC] ≥90%) and virally suppressed (HIV RNA <200 copies/mL), before and after model implementation, were compared. Factors associated with postimplementation VS were determined using multivariable logistic regression; participant demographics, baseline viral load, and PDC were explanatory variables. PDC was modified to account for time to la

SUBMITTER: Byrd KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6821576 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature