Epidemiology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 135 Dauer Drive, 2101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB #7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, USA.
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2020 Sep;24(9):2606-2615. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02817-1.
Despite expanded access to HIV treatment worldwide, poor HIV care outcomes persist among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). This study was conducted among AGYW recruited from the HPTN 068 cohort who had sero-converted to HIV during the main trial between 2011 and 2014. The aim was to examine correlates of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) use. Log binomial regression was used to estimate the crude associations between social support, stigma, and HIV status disclosure and current ART use. Adjusted analyses were also conducted controlling for age and time since diagnosis. Seventy-nine AGYW were included in this analysis. Median age of participants was 20 (range: 17 to 24) and time since diagnosis ranged from 0.5 to 4.8 years (median = 2.1). Over 75% of AGYW (n = 60) had sought HIV care at some point, with the same number reporting previous disclosure of their sero-status. However, just 43% (n = 34) of participants were on treatment at the time of the interview. Over half of participants (n = 44; 55.7%) reported social support was available to them most or all of the time, and the median stigma score was 90 (range 80-113). Adjusted analyses found higher current ART use among those who had disclosed their status (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR): 3.19; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.09, 9.32; p = 0.0339) and those with lower scores on the disclosure concern sub-scale of the Berger HIV Stigma Scale (aPR: 0.88; 95% CI 0.79, 0.98; p = 0.0236). ART use among AGYW living with HIV and enrolled in HPTN 068 was low despite relatively high linkage to care during the trial. Interventions aimed at minimizing individuals' concerns about disclosure and improving onward disclosure of one's status could further improve ART utilization among AGYW living with HIV in South Africa.
尽管全球范围内获得 HIV 治疗的机会有所扩大,但少女和年轻妇女(AGYW)的 HIV 护理结果仍然很差。这项研究是在 HPTN 068 队列中招募的在主要试验期间于 2011 年至 2014 年期间血清转换为 HIV 的 AGYW 中进行的。目的是研究抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART)使用的相关因素。使用对数二项式回归来估计社会支持、耻辱感和 HIV 状态披露与当前 ART 使用之间的粗关联。还进行了调整分析,控制了年龄和诊断后时间。这项分析包括 79 名 AGYW。参与者的中位年龄为 20 岁(范围:17 至 24 岁),诊断后时间范围为 0.5 至 4.8 年(中位数为 2.1 年)。超过 75%的 AGYW(n=60)曾在某个时候寻求过 HIV 护理,同样数量的人报告了之前披露过他们的血清状态。然而,当时只有 43%(n=34)的参与者正在接受治疗。超过一半的参与者(n=44;55.7%)报告说他们大多数或所有时间都能获得社会支持,耻辱感中位数评分为 90 分(范围 80-113 分)。调整分析发现,那些披露自己的病情的人(调整后的患病率比(aPR):3.19;95%置信区间(CI)1.09,9.32;p=0.0339)和那些在 Berger HIV 耻辱量表的披露关注子量表上得分较低的人(aPR:0.88;95%CI 0.79,0.98;p=0.0236),当前的 ART 使用率更高。尽管在试验期间 HIV 治疗的关联性相对较高,但 HPTN 068 中接受治疗的 HIV 感染的 AGYW 的 ART 使用率仍然很低。旨在尽量减少个人对披露的担忧并改善对自身状况的进一步披露的干预措施,可以进一步提高南非 HIV 感染的 AGYW 的 ART 利用率。