Krishnan Archana, Ferro Enrico G, Weikum Damian, Vagenas Panagiotis, Lama Javier R, Sanchez Jorge, Altice Frederick L
a Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program , Yale School of Medicine , New Haven , CT , USA.
AIDS Care. 2015;27(3):273-82. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2014.963014. Epub 2014 Oct 6.
The HIV epidemic in Peru is concentrated among men who have sex with men (MSM). Given that MSM have been documented as early adopters of emerging technology, we examined communication technology access and utilization, and mobile health (mHealth) acceptance among Peruvian MSM and transgender women (TGW) in order to gauge opportunities for mHealth-enabled HIV interventions. A convenience sample of 359 HIV-infected MSM and TGW recruited from three sites in Lima, Peru completed standardized assessments of alcohol use disorders (AUDs), risky sexual behavior, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence along with self-constructed measures of communication technology access and utilization, and mHealth acceptance. Most participants (86%) had daily access to any cell phone, including smartphones (30%). The most frequent communication activities were receiving and making calls, and receiving and sending text messages using cell phones. On a 5-point Likert scale, participants expressed interest in using mHealth for medication reminders (M = 3.21, SD = 1.32) and engaging in anonymous online interactions with health professionals to discuss HIV-related issues (M = 3.56, SD = 1.33). Importantly, no significant differences were found in communication technology use and mHealth acceptance among participants with AUDs, depression, and suboptimal ART adherence, all of which are associated with poor HIV treatment outcomes. Findings show support for implementing mHealth-based intervention strategies using cell phones to assess and reduce HIV-risk behaviors among HIV-infected MSM and TGW.
秘鲁的艾滋病毒疫情集中在男男性行为者(MSM)中。鉴于MSM被记录为新兴技术的早期采用者,我们调查了秘鲁MSM和跨性别女性(TGW)的通信技术获取与使用情况以及移动健康(mHealth)的接受程度,以便评估启用mHealth的艾滋病毒干预措施的机会。从秘鲁利马的三个地点招募了359名感染艾滋病毒的MSM和TGW,组成便利样本,他们完成了酒精使用障碍(AUDs)、危险性行为和抗逆转录病毒疗法(ART)依从性的标准化评估,以及通信技术获取与使用情况和mHealth接受程度的自行构建测量。大多数参与者(86%)每天都能使用任何手机,包括智能手机(30%)。最常见的通信活动是接听和拨打电话,以及使用手机收发短信。在5点李克特量表上,参与者表示有兴趣使用mHealth进行用药提醒(M = 3.21,标准差 = 1.32),并与卫生专业人员进行匿名在线互动以讨论艾滋病毒相关问题(M = 3.56,标准差 = 1.33)。重要的是,在患有AUDs、抑郁症以及ART依从性欠佳的参与者中,通信技术使用和mHealth接受程度方面未发现显著差异,而这些情况均与艾滋病毒治疗效果不佳有关。研究结果表明支持实施基于mHealth的干预策略,利用手机评估并减少感染艾滋病毒的MSM和TGW中的艾滋病毒风险行为。
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