Alcaide Maria L, Ramlagan Shandir, Rodriguez Violeta J, Cook Ryan, Peltzer Karl, Weiss Stephen M, Sifunda Sibusiso, Jones Deborah L
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW 14 Street, CRB 864 (D-90A), Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
HIV/AIDS/STIs and TB (HAST) Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.
AIDS Behav. 2017 Jul;21(7):2135-2140. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1760-3.
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 pregnant women in South Africa (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 measures marginally agreed with DBS (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-reported ARV adherence among pregnant HIV+ women in SA is needed.
抗逆转录病毒(ARV)药物依从性对于预防艾滋病毒母婴传播至关重要。本研究比较了南非(SA)392名感染艾滋病毒的孕妇自我报告的依从性与干血斑(DBS)中ARV检测结果。女性完成了两项自我报告的依从性测量[视觉模拟量表(VAS)、艾滋病临床试验组依从性(ACTG)]。依从性分别为89%(VAS)、80%(ACTG)和74%(DBS)。自我报告测量结果与DBS结果仅有微弱的一致性(VAS:kappa = 0.101,ROC曲线下面积(AUROC)= 0.543;ACTG:kappa = 0.081,AUROC = 0.538)。自我报告的依从性被高估,与DBS的一致性较差。南非感染艾滋病毒的孕妇中自我报告的ARV依从性需要进行验证。