Kaihin Ratchaneekorn, Kasatpibal Nongyao, Chitreechuer Jittaporn, Grimes Richard M
a Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University.
b School of Medicine , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Baylor-UT Houston Center for AIDS Research.
Behav Med. 2015;41(4):186-94. doi: 10.1080/08964289.2014.911717. Epub 2014 Sep 30.
A pilot study was conducted to determine effects of an empowerment intervention on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among Thai youth living with HIV/AIDS. It compared two groups of 23 young persons (15-24 years) who receive ART from AIDS clinics at two community hospitals. One hospital's patients served as the experimental group, and the other as a control group. The experimental groups attended five sessions that empowered them to take control of their own health. The control group received the standard of care. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square statistics. Before the empowerment, no one from the experimental group or the control group had ART adherence ≥ 95%. After the intervention, the 82.6% of the experimental group had ≥ 95% adherence compared to the control group, which had 21.7% adherence (p < .0001). The empowerment intervention resulted in a significant increase in ART adherence among Thai youth.
开展了一项试点研究，以确定赋权干预措施对泰国感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病青年抗逆转录病毒疗法（ART）依从性的影响。研究比较了两组各23名（年龄在15至24岁之间）从两家社区医院的艾滋病诊所接受抗逆转录病毒疗法的年轻人。其中一家医院的患者作为实验组，另一家医院的患者作为对照组。实验组参加了五场使其能够掌控自身健康的培训课程。对照组接受标准护理。使用描述性统计和卡方统计对数据进行分析。在赋权干预之前，实验组和对照组均无人的抗逆转录病毒疗法依从性≥95%。干预后，实验组有82.6%的人依从性≥95%，而对照组的这一比例为21.7%（p < 0.0001）。赋权干预使泰国青年的抗逆转录病毒疗法依从性显著提高。
