Self-report and dry blood spot measurement of antiretroviral medications as markers of adherence in pregnant women in rural South Africa
SOURCE: AIDS and Behavior
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): M.L.Alcaide, S.Ramlagan, V.J.Rodriquez, R.Cook, K.Peltzer, S.M.Weiss, S.Sifunda, D.L.Jones
KEYWORDS: ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART), HIV/AIDS, PREGNANCY, RURAL COMMUNITIES
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9744
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/10890
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/10890
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): M.L.Alcaide, S.Ramlagan, V.J.Rodriquez, R.Cook, K.Peltzer, S.M.Weiss, S.Sifunda, D.L.Jones
KEYWORDS: ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART), HIV/AIDS, PREGNANCY, RURAL COMMUNITIES
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9744
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/10890
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/10890
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Abstract
Antiretroviral (ARV) adherence is essential to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This study compared self-reported adherence versus ARV detection in dried blood spots (DBS) among N = 392 HIV-infected pregnantwomen in SouthAfrica (SA).Women completed two self-reported adherence measures [visual analog scale (VAS), AIDS Clinical Trials Group Adherence (ACTG)]. Adherence was 89% (VAS), 80% (ACTG), and 74% (DBS). Self-report measuresmarginally agreed withDBS(VAS:Kappa = 0.101, Area under the ROC curve (AUROC) = 0.543; ACTG: Kappa = 0.081,AUROC = 0.538). Self-reported adherence was overestimated and agreement with DBS was poor. Validation of self-reportedARVadherence among pregnant HIV women in SA is needed.-
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