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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2014

Effectiveness of Psycho-Educational Intervention in HIV Patients' Treatment.

Clarisse Ribeiro, Rui Sarmento E Castro, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Lia Fernandes

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Clarisse RibeiroHospital Joaquim Urbano (Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE) , Porto , Portugal.
Rui Sarmento E CastroHospital Joaquim Urbano (Centro Hospitalar do Porto, EPE) , Porto , Portugal.
Mário Dinis-RibeiroBiostatistics and Medical Informatics Service and Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.
Lia FernandesResearch and Education Unit on Ageing (UNIFAI) and Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal.
Centro Hospitalar do Porto · PTUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) is the main prognostic factor associated with HIV disease progression and death. The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a psycho-educational program to promote adherence to HAART in HIV patients. A longitudinal study (n = 102) over 9 months in an Infectious Diseases Hospital was carried out. Adherence to HAART was measured with standardized scales and values of viral load. Two groups were defined: adherents and non-adherents. In the latter, a psycho-educational program was implemented and 6 months later measured adherence to HAART. Knowledge about the infection, CD4 T lymphocytes and HIV-ribonucleic acid values were measured before and after this program. The sample was predominantly male (70%), heterosexual (78%), with a mean age of 49 (SD = 12.7) years, and 48% of participants were not adhering to HAART. After the program, non-adherence decreased to 21.6%. Knowledge about the infection increased from 79 to 97%. A significant increase in CD4 T lymphocytes (mean 540-580) and a decrease in viral load (mean 5411-3052) were observed, the latter of statistical significance. This program seems to be feasible and efficient, improving adherence to HAART.

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AIDSempowermentHIVmedication adherencepsycho-educational program

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PMID25642197
PMCPMC4295437
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