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90-90-90-Plus: Maintaining Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapies
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Corless, Inge B; Hoyt, Alex J; Tyer-Viola, Lynda; Sefcik, Elizabeth; Kemppainen, Jeanne; Holzemer, William L; Eller, Lucille Sanzero; Nokes, Kathleen; Phillips, J Craig; Dawson-Rose, Carol; Rivero-Mendez, Marta; Iipinge, Scholastika; Chaiphibalsarisdi, Puangtip; Portillo, Carmen J; Chen, Wei-Ti; Webel, Allison R; Brion, John; Johnson, Mallory O; Voss, Joachim; Hamilton, Mary Jane; Sullivan, Kathleen M; Kirksey, Kenn M; Nicholas, Patrice K
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AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 31(5)
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Abstract
Medication adherence is the "Plus" in the global challenge to have 90% of HIV-infected individuals tested, 90% of those who are HIV positive treated, and 90% of those treated achieve an undetectable viral load. The latter indicates viral suppression, the goal for clinicians treating people living with HIV (PLWH). The comparative importance of different psychosocial scales in predicting the level of antiretroviral adherence, however, has been little studied. Using data from a cross-sectional study of medication adherence with an international convenience sample of 1811 PLWH, we categorized respondent medication adherence as None (0%), Low (1-60%), Moderate (61-94%), and High (95-100%) adherence based on self-report. The survey contained 13 psychosocial scales/indices, all of which were correlated with one another (p