Identifying Adolescents at Highest Risk of ART Non-adherence, Using the World Health Organization-Endorsed HEADSS and HEADSS+ Checklists

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Brief tools are necessary to identify adolescents at greatest risk for ART non-adherence. From the WHO's HEADSS/HEADSS+ adolescent wellbeing checklists, we identify constructs strongly associated with non-adherence (validated with viral load). We conducted interviews and collected clinical records from a 3-year cohort of 1046 adolescents living with HIV from 52 South African government facilities. We used least absolute shrinkage and selection operator variable selection approach with a generalized linear mixed model. HEADSS constructs most predictive were: violence exposure (aOR 1.97, CI 1.61; 2.42, p < 0.001), depression (aOR 1.71, CI 1.42; 2.07, p < 0.001) and being sexually active (aOR 1.80, CI 1.41; 2.28, p < 0.001). Risk of non-adherence rose from 20.4% with none, to 55.6% with all three. HEADSS+ constructs were: medication side effects (aOR 2.27, CI 1.82; 2.81, p < 0.001), low social support (aOR 1.97, CI 1.60; 2.43, p < 0.001) and non-disclosure to parents (aOR 2.53, CI 1.91; 3.53, p < 0.001). Risk of non-adherence rose from 21.6% with none, to 71.8% with all three. Screening within established checklists can improve identification of adolescents needing increased support. Adolescent HIV services need to include side-effect management, violence prevention, mental health and sexual and reproductive health.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

AIDS and behavior - 28(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 141-153

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cluver, Lucie D [VerfasserIn]
Shenderovich, Yulia [VerfasserIn]
Seslija, Marko [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Siyanai [VerfasserIn]
Toska, Elona [VerfasserIn]
Armstrong, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Gulaid, Laurie A [VerfasserIn]
Ameyan, Wole [VerfasserIn]
Cassolato, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Kuo, Caroline C [VerfasserIn]
Laurenzi, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Sherr, Lorraine [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AIDS
Adolescents
HIV
Health personnel
Journal Article
Mental health
Treatment

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Date Completed 23.01.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10461-023-04137-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360889840