Enhancing Patient Navigation with Contingent Incentives to Improve Healthcare Behaviors and Viral Load Suppression of Persons with HIV and Substance Use

This secondary analysis compares health behavior outcomes for two groups of HIV+ substance users randomized in a 3-arm trial [1] to receive Patient Navigation with (PN+CM) or without (PN) contingent financial incentives (CM). Mean age of participants was 45 years; the majority was male (67%), African American (78%), unemployed (35%), or disabled (50%). Behaviors incentivized for PN+CM were (1) attendance at HIV care visits and (2) verification of an active HIV medication prescription. Incentives were associated with shorter time to treatment initiation and higher rates of behaviors during the 6-month intervention with exception of month 6 HIV care visits. Median HIV care visits were 3 (IQR 2-4) for PN+CM versus 1.5 (IQR 0-3) for PN (Wilcoxon p < 0.001); median validated medication checks were 4 (IQR 2-6) for PN+CM versus 1 (IQR 0-3) for PN (Wilcoxon p < 0.001). Viral suppression rates at end of treatment were not significantly different for the two groups but were directly related to the number of behaviors completed for both care visits (χ2(1) = 7.69, p = 0.006) and validated medication (χ2(1) = 8.49, p = 0.004). Results support use of incentives to increase performance of key healthcare behaviors. Adjustments to the incentive program may be needed to achieve greater rates of sustained health behavior change that result in improved viral load outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

AIDS patient care and STDs - 32(2018), 7 vom: 25. Juli, Seite 288-296

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stitzer, Maxine L [VerfasserIn]
Hammond, Alexis S [VerfasserIn]
Matheson, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Sorensen, James L [VerfasserIn]
Feaster, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Gooden, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Del Rio, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Metsch, Lisa R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Contingency management
HIV healthcare
Journal Article
Medication adherence
Patient navigation
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Substance users
Viral suppression

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Date Completed 04.07.2019

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01612169

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/apc.2018.0014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM285278967