HIV Cure Research: Risks Patients Expressed Willingness to Accept.

ABSTRACT: Despite doing well on antiretroviral therapy, many people living with HIV have expressed a willingness to accept substantial risks for an HIV cure. To date, few studies have assessed the specific quantitative maximal risk that future participants might take; probed whether, according to future participants, the risk can be offset by the benefits; and examined whether taking substantial risk is a reasonable decision. In this qualitative study, we interviewed 22 people living with HIV and used standard gamble methodology to assess the maximum chance of death a person would risk for an HIV cure. We probed participants' reasoning behind their risk-taking responses. Conventional inductive content analysis was used to categorize key themes regarding decision-making. We found that some people wou

SUBMITTER: Kratka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391483 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature