ReviewJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
mHealth Interventions to Promote Anti-Retroviral Adherence in HIV: Narrative Review.
Review in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT06682468 (Achieving Equity in Patient Outcome Reporting for Timely Assessments of Life With HIV and Substance Use), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Achieving Equity in Patient Outcome Reporting for Timely Assessments of Life With HIV and Substance Use
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of mHealth on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients Living With HIV: Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Pooled it
- A Web-Based Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Intervention (Thrive With Me) in a Community-Recruited Sample of Sexual Minority Men Living With HIV: Results of a Randomized Controlled Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- HealthCall: Smartphone Enhancement of Brief Interventions to Improve HIV Medication Adherence Among Patients in HIV Care.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Mediating Effects of Stigma and Depressive Symptoms in a Social Media-Based Intervention to Improve Long-term Quality of Life Among People Living With HIV: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- SMS messaging to improve retention and viral suppression in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programs in Kenya: A 3-arm randomized clinical trial.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
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- Health System-Level Implementation of Digital Health Support for People Living With HIV and Substance Use Disorders: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized, Stepped-Wedge Clinical Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- How Mobile Health Can Change the Contexts of Living With HIV and Engaging With Treatment and Care in Iran: A Realist-Informed Qualitative Study.Qualitative health research · 2025Article
- Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of patient-portal-based screening for substance use among people with HIV.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Qualitative Evaluation of mHealth Implementation for Infectious Disease Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Narrative Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Review
- How the smartphone apps can improve your sexual wellbeing.International journal of impotence research · 2024Review
- Supporting treatment adherence for resilience and thriving (START): protocol for a mHealth randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Programme Science: a route to transformative change to improve population-level impact for global HIV and sexually transmitted infections.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Article
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- A Trauma-Informed, Geospatially Aware, Just-in-Time Adaptive mHealth Intervention to Support Effective Coping Skills Among People Living With HIV in New Orleans: Development and Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Selecting and describing control conditions in mobile health randomized controlled trials: a proposed typology.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Review
- Supporting Adolescents With HIV in South Africa Through an Adherence-Supporting App: Mixed Methods Beta-Testing Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Failure to Attain HIV Viral Suppression After Intensified Adherence Counselling-What Can We Learn About Its Factors?Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Delivering an mHealth Adherence Support Intervention for Patients With HIV: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the Philippines Connect for Life Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Integrating Natural Language Processing and Interpretive Thematic Analyses to Gain Human-Centered Design Insights on HIV Mobile Health: Proof-of-Concept Analysis.JMIR human factors · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAntiretrovirals (ARVs) are key in the management of HIV. Although no cure exists, ARVs help patients live healthy lives and prevent transmission to others. Adherence to complex regimens is paramount to outcomes and in avoiding the emergence of drug-resistant viruses. The goal of therapy is to reach an undetectable viral load. However, adherence is a common problem, stemming from issues such as mental health, chaotic home situations, and busy work schedules. Mobile health (mHealth) represents a new approach in improving medication adherence, and multiple studies have been performed in this area.
objectiveThis study aims to review the current implementation of mHealth in the management of HIV among different groups of patients.
methodsWe used PubMed, Academic Search Elite, and 1 journal database with various search terms to review the current implementation of mHealth in HIV care.
resultsTitles and abstracts were screened, and 61 papers were identified and fully reviewed. The literature was divided into lower- and higher-income nations, as defined by the United Nations. A total of 20 studies with quantitative results were identified, with 10 being text- and SMS-based interventions (the majority of these being in lower-income countries) and 8 being smartphone-based apps (primarily in higher-income countries). The majority of these studies determined whether there was an effect on adherence or biochemical parameters (viral load and CD4 count). Various qualitative studies have also been conducted, and many have focused on determining the specific design of interventions that were successful (frequency of messaging, types of messages, etc) as well as priorities for patients with regard to mHealth interventions.
conclusionsThere seems to be a role of mHealth in the management of HIV in lower-income nations; however, the optimal design of an intervention needs to be delineated. In higher-income countries, where the 2 significant risk factors were injection drugs and men who have sex with men, the benefit was less clear, and more research is needed.
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