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Trial reportAIDS research and therapy2025

Brief communication: qualitative evaluation of call-for-life mHealth tool among youth living with HIV in Uganda.

Agnes Bwanika Naggirinya, Joseph Rujumba, Joshua Beinomugisha, Suzan Nakazzi, Peter Waiswa, David B Meya, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

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Trial report in AIDS research and therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04718974 (Acceptability, Effect and Cost of Mobile-health on ART Adherence Among Youths), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT04718974 nacompletednot on this map

Acceptability, Effect and Cost of Mobile-health on ART Adherence Among Youths: A Mixed Methods Sequential Study in Kiryandongo

TypeinterventionalSponsorMakerere UniversityRan2020 to 2022Enrolled206ConditionsART Adherence, HIV-1-infection, mHealthArmsmHealth call for life system/ tool using IVR ( interactive voice response)
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Agnes Bwanika NaggirinyaDepartment of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Hall Lane, P.O.Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda. anaggirinya@idi.coug.ORCID 0000-0001-8722-4135
Joseph RujumbaDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Joshua BeinomugishaInfectious Diseases Institute, Academy for Health Innovations, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Suzan NakazziInfectious Diseases Institute, Academy for Health Innovations, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Peter WaiswaDepartment of Health Policy, Planning, and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
David B MeyaDepartment of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Hall Lane, P.O.Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Rosalind Parkes-RatanshiInfectious Diseases Institute, Academy for Health Innovations, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAfew studies have assessed the acceptability of mHealth interventions in youth living with HIV, Call For Life -Interactive Voice Response (C4L-IVR) system developed to support patients with HIV and TB in Uganda, specifically to improve treatment adherence and retention in care. This qualitative study examined the acceptability and usage of C4L-IVR, barriers and enablers of adherence and retention in care among youth living with HIV in rural Uganda.

methodsNested within a randomised intervention trial (NCT04718974), this qualitative study examined youth 16-24 years old, through focus group discussions and indepth interviews at study end. Induction and deduction analysis was done with support of Nvivo software guided by the information motivation behavioral theory.

resultsBetween 9th December 2021 and 28th Apr 2022, 68 participants were recruited, with 38 (56%) females. We conducted 14 interviews 7 focused group discussions (FGD) (02 female only FGD; 5 mixed); and 7 in-depth interviews (IDI) (4 males and 3 females IDI. Seven main themes were identified: information received from the system, motivation from system calls, behavioural skills, barriers to adherence and retention, acceptability of the tool, experiences, and suggestions for improvement. All youth accepted the tool, scoring it highly comfortable on a 5 Likert scale, where 5 was "very comfortable" and 1 "not at all comfortable'.

conclusionThe high acceptability and usage of C4L system along with impact on behavioral skills, this system had more enablers than barriers to ART adherence and retention in care.

Indexed as

HIV InfectionsTelemedicineAdolescentFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleMedication AdherencePatient Acceptance of Health CareQualitative ResearchRural PopulationUgandaYoung AdultAdherenceBehavioural skillsCall for lifeHIVIVRMhealthMotivationYouth

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PMCPMC12542162

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