Center for Health Equity Research, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, 8th Floor, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
Departments of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2020 Apr;24(4):1133-1150. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02677-4.
An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV. Of those living with HIV, only 40% are engaged in HIV care, 37% are prescribed antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 30% are virally suppressed. Individual-, interpersonal-, and structural-level factors that represent barriers to engagement along the HIV care continuum are important to identify in order to inform priority areas and interventions. 296 adult residents of Rhode Island living with HIV between November 2015 and January 2016 were asked to participate in an observational study (Ryan White Part B Health Resources and Services Administration-funded consumer needs assessment) to identify the multilevel factors associated with engagement in the HIV care continuum outcomes (i.e., being retained in care, being prescribed ART, adhering to ART, and achieving viral suppression-all in the past 12 months). Multivariable logistic regression models were fit to model the four HIV care continuum outcomes. The majority of participants were over age 30 (92.5%), racial/ethnic minorities (67.1%), cisgender men (56.9%), and identified as straight/heterosexual (60.5%). Overall, 95.2% of participants were retained in care in the past 12 months, 93.0% were prescribed ART, 87.1% were currently adherent to ART, and 68.2% were virally suppressed. Factors positively associated with not being retained in HIV care in the past 12 months included having no income and challenges navigating the HIV care system. Being age 18-29 and having a provider who does not know how to treat people with HIV/AIDS were each positively associated with not being prescribed ART. Factors positively associated with not being adherent to ART included being age 18-29 and substance use in the past 12 months. Finally, having private insurance and having a provider who is not trustworthy were each positively associated with not being virally suppressed. Regardless of the fact that many of the individuals living with HIV in this sample are able to achieve an undetectable viral load, challenges with retention in HIV care and ART adherence threaten to undermine the clinical and public health benefits of treatment as prevention. Future longitudinal research conducted to better understand how to boost the effectiveness of treatment as prevention in this population should focus on examining the unique multilevel factors, polymorbidities, and conditions (mostly social determinants of health including housing, socioeconomic position, etc.) associated with suboptimal engagement across the stages of the HIV care continuum.
据估计,美国有 120 万人感染了艾滋病毒。在这些感染者中,只有 40%接受了艾滋病毒护理,37%接受了抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART),30%病毒得到了抑制。个人、人际和结构层面的因素是沿着艾滋病毒护理连续体参与的障碍,确定这些因素对于确定优先领域和干预措施非常重要。2015 年 11 月至 2016 年 1 月期间,罗德岛的 296 名成年艾滋病毒感染者被要求参与一项观察性研究(瑞安·怀特第 B 部分卫生资源和服务管理局资助的消费者需求评估),以确定与艾滋病毒护理连续体结果(即在过去 12 个月内保持护理、接受抗逆转录病毒治疗、坚持接受抗逆转录病毒治疗和实现病毒抑制)相关的多层次因素。多变量逻辑回归模型被用来模拟四个艾滋病毒护理连续体结果。大多数参与者年龄在 30 岁以上(92.5%),是少数族裔(67.1%),顺性别男性(56.9%),自认为是异性恋/异性恋(60.5%)。总体而言,95.2%的参与者在过去 12 个月内保持了护理,93.0%接受了 ART 治疗,87.1%目前坚持接受 ART 治疗,68.2%病毒得到了抑制。与过去 12 个月未保持艾滋病毒护理相关的积极因素包括没有收入和在艾滋病毒护理系统中导航的挑战。年龄在 18-29 岁之间以及提供者不知道如何治疗艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者,与未开具 ART 治疗呈正相关。与未坚持接受 ART 治疗相关的积极因素包括年龄在 18-29 岁之间,以及过去 12 个月内存在药物滥用。最后,拥有私人保险和不信任提供者与未达到病毒抑制呈正相关。尽管该样本中许多艾滋病毒感染者能够实现无法检测到的病毒载量,但保持艾滋病毒护理和 ART 依从性的挑战有可能破坏治疗作为预防的临床和公共卫生效益。未来为了更好地了解如何提高这一人群中治疗作为预防的效果而进行的纵向研究,应重点研究与艾滋病毒护理连续体各个阶段参与度不理想相关的独特多层次因素、多合并症和状况(主要是社会决定因素,包括住房、社会经济地位等)。
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