Utility of self-report antiretroviral adherence for predicting HIV viral load among persons who inject drugs in Hai Phong Vietnam: assessing differences by methamphetamine use

Effectiveness of instant versus text messaging intervention on antiretroviral therapy adherence among men who have sex with men living with HIV

“…However, evidence showed that there was a high agreement between self-reported adherence data and biological outcomes. 23 , 24 Second, participants were recruited from one designated ART hospital in Jinan and most of them were young and well-educated. Generalizing the findings to other groups of MSM living with HIV and other areas should be done with caution.…”

“…Percent adherence was measured by a question “how many times have you missed taking medication in the past month.” This self-reported measurement has been widely used 10 , 20 , 23 and found to be strongly associated with HIV viral load suppression. 24 The cut-off value of optimal adherence usually varied in different studies. Although previous evidence demonstrated that a high adherence level of 95% is enough to achieve consistent viral load suppression, we adopted a more conservative cut-off value (100%) to define optimal percent adherence considering that self-report may overestimate adherence.…”