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. 2018 Oct;22(10):3357-3362.
doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2192-4.

The Impact of Cell Phone Support on Psychosocial Outcomes for Youth Living with HIV Nonadherent to Antiretroviral Therapy

Caitlin S Sayegh  1 , Karen K MacDonell  2 , Leslie F Clark  3 , Nadia L Dowshen  4   5 , Sylvie Naar  6 , Johanna Olson-Kennedy  3 , Jacob J van den Berg  7   8 , Jiahong Xu  9 , Marvin Belzer  3
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The Impact of Cell Phone Support on Psychosocial Outcomes for Youth Living with HIV Nonadherent to Antiretroviral Therapy

Caitlin S Sayegh et al. AIDS Behav. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

Mobile health interventions to promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents and young adults living with HIV represent a promising strategy. This pilot study (N = 37) evaluated the psychosocial impacts of an efficacious adherence intervention, cell phone support (CPS). Participants receiving CPS reported significant decreases in perceived stress, depression, and illicit substance use, and increases in self-efficacy during at least one study assessment period, in comparison to participants receiving usual care. Future research using a larger sample should test for mediators of treatment efficacy to further characterize how cell phone interventions impact adherence.

Keywords: Adherence; Adolescents; Depression; HIV; Self-efficacy; Stress; Substance use; Technology.

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