Olumide Abiodun1, Babatunde Ladi-Akinyemi2, Oluwatosin Olu-Abiodun3, John Sotunsa4, Fikayo Bamidele5, Akinmade Adepoju5, Nkiru David6, Motunrayo Adekunle7, Adetutu Ogunnubi8, Gloria Imhonopi9, Idayat Yinusa10, Charles Erinle11, Olufemi Soetan12, Gregory Arifalo13, Olusoji Adeyanju14, Olusegun Alawode15, Tolulope Omodunbi16. 1. Department of Community Medicine, Benjamin Carson School of Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Electronic address: abioduno@babcock.edu.ng. 2. APIN Public Health Initiatives, Abuja, Nigeria. 3. The School of Nursing, Ogun State Ministry of Health, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. 4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Benjamin Carson School of Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. 5. Department of Community Medicine, Benjamin Carson School of Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. 6. Clinical Sciences Department, Nigerian Institute Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. 7. Pediatric infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. 8. Ogun State Specialist Hospital, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. 9. Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. 10. Ogun State Specialist hospital, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria. 11. Ogun State Specialist hospital, Ijaiye, Ogun State, Nigeria. 12. Ogun State Specialist hospital, Ifo, Ogun State, Nigeria. 13. Sacred Heart Hospital, Lantoro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. 14. Adeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. 15. St, Mary Catholic Hospital, Eleta, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. 16. OLA Oluyoro Catholic Hospital, Oyo State, Nigeria.
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PURPOSE: The study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of interactive and tailored short message reminders on antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents (15-19 years) living with HIV in southwest Nigeria. METHODS: The study was a single-blind, parallel-design (ratio 1:1), and multicenter RCT of 209 medication-non-adherent adolescents living with HIV at HIV clinics in two states in southwest Nigeria. The research assessed ART adherence using the visual analog scale, viral suppression, pill count, and ACTG scores; the feasibility of the intervention by the SMS delivery and response (overall and individual) rates; and acceptability using self-report, willingness to continue receiving the intervention, and desire for its scale-up. RESULTS: A total of 17,690 text messages were sent while 10,119 (57.2%) got delivered to the participants. Out of 9,216 responses that were received from the study participants, 8,781 (95.3%) indicated acceptability of the intervention. The end-of-study log10 of viral load values between control and intervention groups had a mean difference of 0.66 (95% CI 0.26-1.06) and p-value of .001. Also, the unadjusted odds ratio of undetected viral load (≤20 copies/ml) was 1.356 (1.039-1.771) with a p-value of .002. However, the intervention had no effect on subjective measures of antiretroviral therapy adherence. CONCLUSIONS: The use of interactive and tailored short message reminders to enhance antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents has good potential. It seems feasible, highly acceptable, and possibly leads to improved viral load count. It is likely that the associated antiretroviral therapy adherence enhances viral suppression and, therefore, improves outcomes in adolescent HIV.
PURPOSE: The study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of interactive and tailored short message reminders on antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents (15-19 years) living with HIV in southwest Nigeria. METHODS: The study was a single-blind, parallel-design (ratio 1:1), and multicenter RCT of 209 medication-non-adherent adolescents living with HIV at HIV clinics in two states in southwest Nigeria. The research assessed ART adherence using the visual analog scale, viral suppression, pill count, and ACTG scores; the feasibility of the intervention by the SMS delivery and response (overall and individual) rates; and acceptability using self-report, willingness to continue receiving the intervention, and desire for its scale-up. RESULTS: A total of 17,690 text messages were sent while 10,119 (57.2%) got delivered to the participants. Out of 9,216 responses that were received from the study participants, 8,781 (95.3%) indicated acceptability of the intervention. The end-of-study log10 of viral load values between control and intervention groups had a mean difference of 0.66 (95% CI 0.26-1.06) and p-value of .001. Also, the unadjusted odds ratio of undetected viral load (≤20 copies/ml) was 1.356 (1.039-1.771) with a p-value of .002. However, the intervention had no effect on subjective measures of antiretroviral therapy adherence. CONCLUSIONS: The use of interactive and tailored short message reminders to enhance antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents has good potential. It seems feasible, highly acceptable, and possibly leads to improved viral load count. It is likely that the associated antiretroviral therapy adherence enhances viral suppression and, therefore, improves outcomes in adolescent HIV.
Authors: Susan Vorkoper; Kadija M Tahlil; Nadia A Sam-Agudu; Joseph D Tucker; Alicia A Livinski; Frances Fernando; Rachel Sturke Journal: AIDS Behav Date: 2022-08-10
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