ArticleAIDS and behavior2014
Unannounced telephone-based pill counts: a valid and feasible method for monitoring adherence.
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- Telephone-Delivered Mindfulness Training to Promote Medication Adherence and Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior Among Persons Living with HIV: An Exploratory Clinical Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2020Trial
- Antiretroviral Adherence Following Prison Release in a Randomized Trial of the imPACT Intervention to Maintain Suppression of HIV Viremia.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- Phone-delivered mindfulness training to promote medication adherence and reduce sexual risk behavior among persons living with HIV: Design and methods.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Video chat technology to remotely quantify dietary, supplement and medication adherence in clinical trials.The British journal of nutrition · 2016Trial
- Explaining the Link Between HIV Stigma and Treatment Outcomes: From Stigma Avoidance to Socially Motivated Nonadherence.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- The Medication Affordability, Accessibility, and Availability in Care Transitions (Med AAAction) Study: Design and methods for a pharmacy-led trial implemented in low-income populations.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Adherence Definitions, Measurement Modalities, and Psychometric Properties in HIV, Diabetes, and Nutritional Supplementation Studies: A Scoping Review.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Review
- Life Lessons and Diabetes Research.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2025Article
- Socio-cognitive facilitators of ART-adherence among predominantly black sexual and gender minoritized persons living with HIV in Atlanta, Georgia: a latent profile analysis.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Medication Adherence in Young Adults With Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes.JAMA network open · 2023Observational
- Validation of an Announced Telephone Pill Count Compared to a Home-Visit Pill Count in People With Type 2 Diabetes or Cardiovascular Disease.Clinical pharmacology in drug development · 2023Article
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- Drug Use Mediates the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Adherence to ART Among Recently Incarcerated People Living with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- Quantifying primaquine effectiveness and improving adherence: a round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group.Malaria journal · 2018Article
- Reaching the end of the line: Operational issues with implementing phone-based unannounced pill counts in resource-limited settings.PloS one · 2017Article
- Race-based medical mistrust, medication beliefs and HIV treatment adherence: test of a mediation model in people living with HIV/AIDS.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2016Article
- A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Integrated Care Management Approach to Improve Adherence Among HIV-Infected Patients in Routine Clinical Care: Rationale and Design.JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
- Preliminary Validation of an Unannounced Telephone Pill Count Protocol to Measure Medication Adherence Among Young Adults With Perinatal HIV Infection.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACArticle
- Development and Validation of an Immunoassay for Tenofovir in Urine as a Real-Time Metric of Antiretroviral Adherence.EClinicalMedicineArticle
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Abstract
Phone-based unannounced pill counts to measure medication adherence are much more practical and less expensive than home-based unannounced pill counts, but their validity has not been widely assessed. We examined the validity of phone versus home-based pill counts using a simplified protocol streamlined for studies embedded in clinical care settings. A total of 100 paired counts were used to compare concordance between unannounced phone and home-based pill counts using interclass correlations. Discrepancy analyses using χ(2) tests compared demographic and clinical characteristics across patients who were concordant between phone and home-based pill counts and patients who were not concordant. Concordance was high for phone-based and home-based unannounced total pill counts, as well as individual medication counts and calculated adherence. This study demonstrates that a simplified phone-based pill count protocol can be implemented among patients from a routine clinical care setting and is a feasible means of monitoring medication adherence.
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