Patient Perspectives of Quality of the Same-Day Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Process in Gauteng Province, South Africa: Qualitative Dominant Mixed-Methods Analysis of the SLATE II Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV patients in South Africa continue to report operational barriers to starting antiretroviral therapy (ART). In the Simplified Algorithm for Treatment Eligibility (SLATE) II trial, same-day initiation (SDI) of ART increased the number of patients commencing ART and achieving HIV viral suppression by using a screening tool to distinguish between patients eligible for SDI and those requiring additional care before starting treatment. We conducted a mixed-methods evaluation to explore trial patients' perceptions and experiences of SDI.

Methods

SLATE II was implemented at three urban, public primary health care clinics in Gauteng Province, South Africa. We conducted a short quantitative survey and in-depth interviews among a purposive sample of 89 of the 593 trial p

SUBMITTER: Scott NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7884580 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature