The role of motivation in predicting antiretroviral therapy adherence in China

Bibliographic Data

ID4795024
AuthorsTaryn Vian (0000-0002-6968-7002, Boston University School of Public Health, USA), Mary Bachman Desilva (0000-0001-6367-1870, Boston University School of Public Health, USA), Howard J Cabral (0000-0002-1185-8331, Boston University School of Public Health, USA), Howard Cabral (0000-0002-0320-9411), George C Williams (0000-0003-2050-5658), Geoffrey C Williams (University of Rochester), Allen L Gifford (0000-0001-6442-1128, Boston University School of Public Health, USA), Li Zhong (0000-0003-2895-2217, FHI 360, China), Wubin Xie (0000-0002-1089-5149, FHI 360, China), Christopher J Gill (Boston University School of Public Health, USA), Christopher Gill (0000-0003-3091-8827), Lora Sabin (0000-0002-2782-542X, Boston University School of Public Health, USA), Lora L Sabin
Year2018
Volume23
Issue14
Pages1895-1904
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105316672922
PMID28810359
OpenAlexW2537132701
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

Patient motivation is important in managing medication regimens such as antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS. We tested whether self-determination theory could predict adherence behavior among 115 HIV-positive patients in the China Adherence through Technology Study, a randomized controlled trial of an intervention using text reminders and supportive counseling to increase adherence. Being in the treatment group had a significant effect on improving adherence; however, we did not find evidence that self-determination theory predicts adherence in this population of HIV-positive patients. Autonomous motivation was strongly associated with perceived competence; among low adherers, external regulation was negatively correlated with adherence

Antiretroviral therapy · Competence (human resources · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Intervention (counseling · Medication adherence · Population · Psychiatry · Randomized controlled trial · Self-determination theory · Viral load · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Social Psychology