ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2016
Illness Perceptions, Medication Beliefs, and Adherence to Antiretrovirals and Medications for Comorbidities in Adults With HIV Infection and Hypertension or Chronic Kidney Disease.
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- A systematic review of engagement in care and health care utilization among older adults living with HIV and non-communicable diseases.AIDS care · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence and predictors of medication non-adherence among people living with multimorbidity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Necessity and concerns beliefs and HIV medication adherence: a systematic review.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Managing Blood Pressure Beyond Viral Suppression for Patient and Provider Perspectives on Antihypertensive Medication Adherence in HIV Care: A Qualitative Study.Research square · 2026Article
- A New Attitude Towards Treatment Measure Predicts Survival Over 17 Years.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Hypertension among adults enrolled in HIV care in northern Tanzania: comorbidities, cardiovascular risk, and knowledge, attitudes and practices.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Observational
- High Rates of Uncontrolled Blood Pressure in Malawian Adults Living with HIV and Hypertension.Global heart · 2021Observational
- Why Do People Living with HIV Adhere to Antiretroviral Therapy and Not Comorbid Cardiovascular Disease Medications? A Qualitative Inquiry.Patient preference and adherence · 2020Article
- "It's because I think too much": Perspectives and experiences of adults with hypertension engaged in HIV care in northern Tanzania.PloS one · 2020Article
- People Living With HIV: Implications for Rehabilitation Nurses.Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation NursesReview
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Abstract
backgroundMortality in patients with HIV infection is increasingly due to comorbid medical conditions. Research on how adherence to medications for comorbidities relates to antiretroviral (ARV) medication adherence and how interrelations between illness perceptions and medication beliefs about HIV and comorbidities affect medication adherence is needed to inform adherence interventions.
methodsHIV-infected adults with hypertension (HTN) (n = 151) or chronic kidney disease (CKD; n = 41) were recruited from ambulatory practices at an academic medical center. Illness perceptions and medication beliefs about HIV and HTN or CKD were assessed and adherence to one ARV medication and one medication for either HTN or CKD was electronically monitored for 10 weeks.
resultsRates of taking, dosing, and timing adherence to ARV medication did not differ from adherence to medication for HTN or CKD, with the exception that patients were more adherent to the timing of their ARV (78%) than to the timing of their antihypertensive (68%; P = 0.01). Patients viewed HIV as better understood, more chronic, having more negative consequences, and eliciting more emotions, compared with HTN. Patients viewed ARVs as more necessary than medication for HTN or CKD. Having a realistic view of the efficacy of ARVs (r = -0.20; P < 0.05) and a high level of perceived HIV understanding (r = 0.21; P < 0.05) correlated with better ARV adherence.
conclusionsPatients with HIV showed similar rates of adherence to ARVs as to medications for comorbidities, despite perceiving HIV as more threatening and ARVs as more important. This can be used in adapting existing interventions for ARV adherence to encompass adherence to medications for comorbid conditions.
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