Substance Use-Related Intentional Nonadherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Young Adults Living with HIV.

ABSTRACT: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces HIV disease burden, increases life expectancy, and prevents HIV transmission. Previous research suggests that believing that it is harmful to take ART when using substances (i.e., interactive toxicity beliefs) leads to intentional ART nonadherence; however, these associations have not been investigated among younger adults living with HIV and have not been linked to clinical outcomes. We examined the associations among interactive toxicity beliefs, intentional nonadherence, and HIV clinical outcomes in young adults living with HIV. People living with HIV younger than the age of 36 years who tested positive for at least one substance use biomarker (N = 406) completed a 1-month pretrial run-in study that included computerized interviews, substance

SUBMITTER: Kalichman SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8905232 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature