Center for Global Health, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2020 Oct;24(10):2797-2810. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02822-4.
Adolescents and youth living with HIV have poorer antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence and viral suppression outcomes than all other age groups. Effective interventions promoting adherence are urgently needed. We reviewed and synthesized recent literature on interventions to improve ART adherence among this vulnerable population. We focus on studies conducted in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) where the adolescent and youth HIV burden is greatest. Articles published between September 2015 and January 2019 were identified through PubMed. Inclusion criteria were: [1] included participants ages 10-24 years; [2] assessed the efficacy of an intervention to improve ART adherence; [3] reported an ART adherence measurement or viral load; [4] conducted in a LMIC. Articles were reviewed for study population characteristics, intervention type, study design, outcomes measured, and intervention effect. Strength of each study's evidence was evaluated according to an adapted World Health Organization GRADE system. Articles meeting all inclusion criteria except being conducted in an LMIC were reviewed for results and potential transportability to a LMIC setting. Of 108 articles identified, 7 met criteria for inclusion. Three evaluated patient-level interventions and four evaluated health services interventions. Of the patient-level interventions, two were experimental designs and one was a retrospective cohort study. None of these interventions improved ART adherence or viral suppression. Of the four health services interventions, two targeted stable patients and reduced the amount of time spent in the clinic or grouped patients together for bi-monthly meetings, and two targeted patients newly diagnosed with HIV or not yet deemed clinically stable and augmented clinical care with home-based case-management. The two studies targeting stable patients used retrospective cohort designs and found that adolescents and youth were less likely to maintain viral suppression than children or adults. The two studies targeting patients not yet deemed clinically stable included one experimental and one retrospective cohort design and showed improved ART adherence and viral suppression outcomes. ART adherence and viral suppression outcomes remain a major challenge among adolescents and youth. Intensive home-based case management models of care hold promise for improving outcomes in this population and warrant further research.
青少年和青年感染者的抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART)依从性和病毒抑制效果比所有其他年龄组都差。迫切需要有效的干预措施来提高他们的依从性。我们对提高这一脆弱人群的 ART 依从性的干预措施的最新文献进行了回顾和综合分析。我们重点研究了在青少年和青年 HIV 负担最大的中低收入国家(LMIC)进行的研究。在 PubMed 上检索了 2015 年 9 月至 2019 年 1 月期间发表的文章。纳入标准为:[1] 纳入年龄在 10-24 岁的参与者;[2] 评估了提高 ART 依从性的干预措施的效果;[3] 报告了 ART 依从性测量或病毒载量;[4] 在 LMIC 进行。对文章的研究人群特征、干预类型、研究设计、测量结果和干预效果进行了综述。根据世界卫生组织的适应性 GRADE 系统评估了每项研究证据的强度。对不符合 LMIC 纳入标准但符合其他标准的文章进行了综述,以评估其结果及其在 LMIC 环境下的潜在可转移性。在确定的 108 篇文章中,有 7 篇符合纳入标准。其中 3 篇评估了患者层面的干预措施,4 篇评估了卫生服务干预措施。在患者层面的干预措施中,有 2 项为实验设计,1 项为回顾性队列研究。这些干预措施均未改善 ART 依从性或病毒抑制。在四项卫生服务干预措施中,有两项针对稳定患者,减少了在诊所花费的时间或将患者分组进行每两个月一次的会议,还有两项针对新诊断为 HIV 或尚未被认为临床稳定的患者,并通过家庭病例管理来加强临床护理。针对稳定患者的两项研究采用了回顾性队列设计,发现青少年和青年保持病毒抑制的可能性低于儿童或成人。针对尚未被认为临床稳定的患者的两项研究包括一项实验和一项回顾性队列设计,结果显示 ART 依从性和病毒抑制效果得到了改善。青少年和青年的 ART 依从性和病毒抑制效果仍然是一个主要挑战。强化的家庭病例管理模式有望改善这一人群的治疗效果,值得进一步研究。
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