Effects of incentives on viral suppression in people living with HIV who use cocaine or opiates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is essential to maintenance of undetectable viral loads among people living with HIV, which improves health and reduces HIV transmission. Despite these benefits, some people living with HIV do not maintain the level of adherence required to sustain an undetectable viral load. This problem is particularly common among people who use drugs.

Objective

To determine effects of incentivizing viral suppression in people living with HIV who used cocaine or opiates.

Methods

In this secondary analysis of data collected during a randomized controlled trial, participants (N=102) with detectable HIV viral loads (>200 copies/mL) were randomly assigned to a Usual Care or Incentive group. Usual Care participants did not earn incentive

SUBMITTER: Pollock S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7293918 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature