Caregivers’ psychosocial assessment for identifying HIV-infected infants at risk of poor treatment adherence
An exploratory study in southern Mozambique
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Psychosocial support (PSS) to caregivers of HIV-infected infants on antiretroviral treatment (ART) is crucial to ensure ART adherence and sustained long-term viral suppression in children. A specific approach including tools to monitor and understand adherence behavior and risk factors that prevent optimal treatment compliance are urgently needed. This qualitative exploratory study, conducted in southern Mozambique, monitored the infants' viral response trajectories during 18 months follow-up, as a measure of adherence, reviewed the caregiver's PSS session notes and the answers to a study questionnaire, to analyze whether the standard PSS checklist applied to infants' caregivers can identify barriers influencing their adherence. Only 9 of 31 infants had sustained virologic response. Reported factors affecting adherence were: difficulties in drugs administration, shared responsibility to administer treatment; disclosure of child's HIV status to family members but lack of engagement; mother's ART interruption and poor viral response. In conclusion, we found that the standard PSS approach alone, applied to caregivers, was lacking focus on many relevant matters that were identified by the study questionnaire. A comprehensive patient-centered PSS package of care, including an adherence risk factor monitoring tool, tailored to caregivers and their children must be developed
Checklist · Exploratory research · Family medicine · Focus group · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Viral load · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · HIV Research and Treatment · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology
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