학술논문
Disease-Specific Knowledge Among HIV-Infected Adolescents: What Do They Know and How Do They Learn It?
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*HIV infection transmission
*AIDS education
*BIOMARKERS
*CHI-squared test
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*STATISTICAL correlation
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*HIV infections
*INTERVIEWING
*PATIENT-professional relations
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*RESEARCH funding
*RISK-taking behavior
*SELF-evaluation
*STATISTICS
*DATA analysis
*MULTIPLE regression analysis
*VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases)
*HEALTH literacy
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CD4 lymphocyte count
*ADOLESCENCE
*EVALUATION
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1538-1501
Abstract
Disease knowledge is an important component of medication self-management. We examined HIV knowledge and understanding among 166 HIV-infected 13- to 21-year-olds (53% female, 72.9% African American, 59.6% perinatally infected). Behaviorally infected youth outperformed perinatally infected youth on HIV transmission knowledge and were more likely to report provider discussions about getting condoms and how drugs impair sexual decision making. While youth accurately answered most (78%) true/false questions, many could not define resistance (71.0%), viral load (59.0%), or CD4 (43.4%). Only 29.5% reported knowing either their CD4 count or viral load. Provider discussions about biomarkers likely contribute to greater HIV knowledge and understanding, especially for youth with lower CD4 counts, perhaps because illness triggers extended provider discussions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]