A randomized controlled trial of a peer support intervention targeting antiretroviral medication adherence and depressive symptomatology in HIV-positive men and women.

Simoni, Jane M.; Pantalone, David W.; Plummer, Mary D.; Huang, Bu

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.26.4.488

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“…Phone calls also were better suited for participants with confidentiality concerns and those who had difficulty traveling to the clinic or had scheduling conflicts with the set meeting times. An evaluation of the intervention is summarized elsewhere (Simoni et al, 2005).…”

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“…The present study was part of a randomized controlled trial of a peer support intervention aimed at increasing antiretroviral medication adherence among people living with HIV/ AIDS (Simoni et al, 2005;Simoni, Frick, & Huang, in press). The project took place at an out-patient infectious disease clinic in the Bronx, New York, that served primarily indigent African American and Latino individuals.…”

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Peer Support to Promote Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV/AIDS

Marino

Simoni

Silverstein

2007

Social Work in Health Care

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Since early in the AIDS epidemic, HIV-positive individuals have benefited from the services of peer support or buddy programs. However, little research has focused on the experience of the peer providing support. We conducted qualitative interviews with nine HIV-positive peers who had participated in an intervention designed to provide support to other HIV-positive individuals as one means of promoting antiretroviral therapy adherence. Analyses of the peers' common dialogue about their involvement in the study revealed four main themes: social acceptance, reciprocal support, personal growth and empowerment, and resistance and other challenges. Recommendations for future research and for implementing similar interventions in a health care setting are provided.

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Peer Support to Promote Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV/AIDS

Marino

Simoni

Silverstein

2007

Social Work in Health Care

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“…A variety of factors was reported regarding nonadherence to medication in patients with HIV such as substance abuse (8)(9)(10)(11)(12), health beliefs (13-15), psychiatric status (12,(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21), demographic characteristics (10,20), social factors (22), familial factors (23)(24)(25), medication side effects (17,26), and cognitive functioning (10,14,26). Although previous studies drawn a comprehensive picture of barriers and facilitators of adherence to medication among patients with HIV, such studies mostly relied on the quantitative designs that fail to adequately explain the ecological factors influencing the adherence.…”

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Barriers to Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment Among Inmates of a Prison in Tehran, Iran: A Qualitative Study

Farhoudi

Alipour

Ghodrati

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Arch Clin Infect Dis

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Background: People with chronic illnesses such as HIV infection face many health status outcomes in the correctional settings. The current study aimed at investigating multiple determinants of HIV medication adherence among patients with HIV. Methods: Focus group discussion (FGD) was conducted on inmates of Ghezel-hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz province, Iran, to investigate the barriers and facilitators of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in January 2015. The purposive sampling method was employed to recruit seven male prisoners with HIV infection. Results: Participants reported illegal drug use, poor education in HIV treatment, side-effects of anti-retroviral drugs, treatment interruption, drug interferences, fear of hangover, poor diet, poor socioeconomic background, hopelessness, depression, not believing in the treatment, rejection and lack of social support, stigma, compulsory rest in the yard, lack of tendency toward visiting psychiatrists, lack of familial support, forgetfulness, and not receiving complementary drugs as the barriers to adherence to ART. In addition, the facilitators were physician-patient good relationship, physician's compassion, counseling services for the patients, education of patients regarding HIV treatment necessities, peer education, informing patients about their CD4 levels, education of correctional staff to show courtesy in the treatment of patients, timely methadone therapy, and improved diet. Conclusions: Providing welfare programs and education of inmates with HIV infection regarding the adherence to ART may play a prominent role in the treatment of such patients. Training correctional staff regarding the significance of HIV treatment and adherence to ART can also be effective in the treatment of prisoners with HIV infection.

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“…A recent meta-analysis of more than 31 RCTs using electronic peer support did not find significant benefits for peer-to-peer interventions alone [94]. Similarly, Simoni [95] did not find that in-person peer support groups enhanced ART adherence. However, a review published in 2014 found significant benefits of peer support interventions for other chronic diseases [96].…”

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Text-Messaging, Online Peer Support Group, and Coaching Strategies to Optimize the HIV Prevention Continuum for Youth: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Swendeman¹,

Arnold²,

Harris³

et al. 2018

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Background: The rate of HIV has doubled in the last 15 years among young people to 22% of HIV cases. Scientific advances in biomedical HIV prevention strategies have not been utilized by youth. Methods/Design: Young people aged 12 -24 years old (n= 1500) are being recruited from community-based organizations (CBO) and clinics serving gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, homeless youth, youth on probation or released from incarceration, and youth in other high-risk venues (e.g., bars and clubs). Youth are randomized in a factorial design to: 1) an automated messaging and monitoring intervention (AMMI) using text messages (n = 900); 2) AMMI plus peer support via private social media (n = 200); 3) AMMI plus strengths-based coaching (n = 200); and 4) AMMI, peer support, and coaching (n = 200). At four-month intervals over 24 months, interviewers monitor: uptake of the steps in the HIV Prevention Continuum (linkage to health care and adherence to pre-or post-exposure prophylaxis or 100% condom use), and conduct repeat rapid diagnostic tests for HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STI), drugs and alcohol use. Weekly automated monitoring via text (or email) in AMMI includes questions on acute HIV and STI symptoms for immediate follow-up by interviewers to provide HIV and STI testing, STI treatment, and partner therapy. Discussion: The greatest impacts are expected among youth receiving the most intensive intervention (i.e., AMMI, peer support, and coach). However, the youth's concurrent mental health, substance abuse, and housing and food security are expected to be significant covariates that influence the uptake of the HIV Prevention Continuum. This study operationalizes the guidelines of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the prevention of HIV among the highest risk youth, using community-based point of care diagnostics supported by scalable technology-mediated interventions. Similarly, over 90% of adolescents under age 18 go online daily, more than half several times a day which is facilitated by access to smartphones among 75% of youth of each ethnicity, crossing the digital divide [28]. Much of this online activity is driven by social media use, particularly via smartphones -for example, over 70% of adolescents under 18 years use Facebook, while about half also use Instagram and Snapchat [28]. The interventions in this study use text messaging and social media to engage "youth where they are" in the digital environment. This approach has resulted in four intervention arms which vary in intensity and costs. In order of increasing intensity and costs, the interventions are: 1) automated text-messaging and weekly monitoring probes; 2) peer support via social media; 3) paraprofessional coaching; and 4) all three combined. This study's automated and interpersonally-mediated technology-based interventions will be based on the shared features of existing EBI -we will not create a new app nor an EBI with a manual to be replicated with 6 fidelity [14,33,34]. In the last 25 years, over...

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A randomized controlled trial of a peer support intervention targeting antiretroviral medication adherence and depressive symptomatology in HIV-positive men and women.

Cited by 167 publications

References 39 publications

Peer Support to Promote Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV/AIDS

Peer Support to Promote Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV/AIDS

Barriers to Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment Among Inmates of a Prison in Tehran, Iran: A Qualitative Study

Text-Messaging, Online Peer Support Group, and Coaching Strategies to Optimize the HIV Prevention Continuum for Youth: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

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