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Study to track benefits of compliance intervention.

AIDS Alert. 1999 Feb;14(2):23-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/20700038

Abstract: The main reason people fail their HIV treatment is lack of adherence to their prescribed regimen. Judith A. Erlen of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing will conduct a study on how habit training, problem solving, and intervention can affect patient adherence to protease inhibitor therapy. The study will be conducted via telephone for 12 weeks followed by a 12-week maintenance program. The subjects will then be followed for an additional 6 months. The study will examine two different outcomes of adherence: clinical measures and quality of life.

Keywords: NEWSLETTER ARTICLE AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY CD4 Lymphocyte Count HIV Infections/*DRUG THERAPY/PSYCHOLOGY HIV Protease Inhibitors/*ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE Human *Patient Compliance Quality of Life Viral Load

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