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ArticleZeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health2023

The relationship between life satisfaction, personal health, quality of life, and medication adherence among adolescents living with HIV in southwestern Uganda.

William Byansi, Proscovia Nabunya, Joelynn Muwanga, Abel Mwebembezi, Christopher Damulira, Barbara Mukasa, Lily Zmachinski, Jennifer Nattabi, Rachel Brathwaite, Flavia Namuwonge and 4 more

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Article in Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

William ByansiBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Proscovia NabunyaBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Joelynn MuwangaBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Abel MwebembeziReach the Youth Uganda.
Christopher DamuliraInternational Center for Child Health and Development Field Office, Plot 23 Circular Rd, Masaka, Uganda.
Barbara MukasaMildMay Uganda.
Lily ZmachinskiBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Jennifer NattabiInternational Center for Child Health and Development Field Office, Plot 23 Circular Rd, Masaka, Uganda.
Rachel BrathwaiteBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Flavia NamuwongeInternational Center for Child Health and Development Field Office, Plot 23 Circular Rd, Masaka, Uganda.
Ozge Sensoy BaharBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Torsten B NeilandsSchool of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Claude A MellinsColumbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032, United States.
Fred M SsewamalaBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Washington University in St. Louis · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USMildmay Uganda · UGUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Ujima Mentoring ProgramP30MH062246 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Sheri Ann Lippman · 2001 to 2026
$57.4M
Suubi+Adherence-R2: Examining the longitudinal HIV treatment adherence among youth living with HIV (YLHIV) transitioning into young adulthoodR01HD074949 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI NABUNYA, PROSCOVIA, SENSOY BAHAR, OZGE · 2012 to 2024
$7.7M
Training Program for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV Health DisparitR25MH067127 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Emily A Arnold, Torsten Brian Neilands · 2003 to 2026
$5.4M
Strengthening Child Health Research Capacity in Resource Constrained Settings: Researcher Resilience Training (RRT)R25MH118935 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SEAN JOE, Mary McKernan McKay · 2018 to 2026
$1.5M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD074949NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062246NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH067127NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH118935
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) are at high risk for adherence to antiretroviral (ART) treatment and poor health-seeking behaviors, both of which potentially compromise their quality of and satisfaction with life. This study, therefore, seeks to examine the relationship between physical health, pediatric quality of life, life satisfaction, and medication adherence among ALHIV in southwestern Uganda. Methods: Baseline data from the Suubi+Adherence study, 2012-2018, that recruited 702 adolescents, aged 10-16 years, living with HIV in Uganda were analyzed. To account for overdispersion, negative binomial regression analyses were used to examine the impact of physical health, pediatric quality of life, and life satisfaction on self-reported medication adherence. We controlled for participants' socio-demographic factors. Results: Results indicated that after adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics, adolescents' reported satisfaction with life was associated with a decrease in the reported number of days missed taking medication by 41.2% (IRR (incidence risk ratio)=0.588; p (p-value)=0.014). On the other hand, the low level of pediatric quality of life was associated with a 5% increase in the reported number of days missed taking medication (IRR=1.055, p=0.044). Personal health was not statistically significant in the model. Conclusion: Our study findings indicated that quality of life and life satisfaction are significantly associated with antiretroviral (ART) medication among ALHIV. Hence, strengthening existing support systems and creating additional support for optimal ART adherence and treatment outcomes for ALHIV in low-resource communities might be beneficial. Moreover, with the increasing HIV prevalence rates among adolescents, effective and comprehensive efforts that are responsive to the special needs of ALHIV must be developed to ensure optimal adherence to ART medication as it leads to low vertical infection and superinfection rates.

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adolescents living with HIVART adherencelife satisfactionquality of lifesub-Saharan Africa

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PMID37576468
PMCPMC10414752
OpenAlexW3179208711

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