Category Archives: Engagement and Care Cascade
HIV, alcohol dependence, and the criminal justice system: A review and call for evidence-based treatment for released prisoners
BACKGROUND: People with both HIV and alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are disproportionately concentrated within the U.S. criminal justice system; approximately one-quarter of all people with HIV cycle through the system...
Etravirine as a switching option for patients with HIV RNA suppression: A review of recent trials
Unlike other nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, etravirine is only approved for use in treatment-experienced patients. In the DUET 1 and 2 trials, 1203 highly treatment-experienced patients were randomized to etravirine...
Sex differences in HIV outcomes in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era: A systematic review.
Objective: To assess sex disparities in AIDS clinical and laboratory outcomes in the HAART era. Design: Systematic review of published literature on mortality, disease progression, and laboratory outcomes among persons...
Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection
BACKGROUND: More than 34 million people are presently living with HIV infection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) can help these people to live longer, healthier lives, but adherence to ART can be...
A systematic review of effects of concurrent strength and endurance training on the health-related quality of life and cardiopulmonary status in patients with HIV/AIDS
PURPOSE: To determine the effects of concurrent strength and endurance training (concurrent training) on the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and cardiopulmonary status among HIV-infected patients, using a systematic search...
Integrating antiretroviral therapy into antenatal care and maternal and child health settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether integrating antiretroviral therapy (ART) into antenatal care (ANC) and maternal and child health (MCH) clinics could improve programmatic and patient outcomes. METHODS: The authors systematically searched...
Analysis of neuropsychiatric adverse events during clinical trials of efavirenz in antiretroviral-naive patients: A systematic review
People with HIV infection have several risk factors for developing neuropsychiatric adverse events: preexisting conditions, HIV disease stage, and antiretroviral treatment. The most widely used system for assessing neuropsychiatric adverse...
Impact of parental HIV/AIDS on children’s psychological well-being: A systematic review of global literature
This review examines the global literature regarding the impact of parental HIV/AIDS on children’s psychological well-being. Fifty one articles reporting quantitative data from a total of 30 studies were retrieved...
Depression and HIV/AIDS treatment nonadherence: A review and meta-analysis
We meta-analyzed the relationship between depression and HIV medication nonadherence to calculate the overall effect size and examine potential moderators. Overall, across 95 independent samples, depression was significantly (P <...
Treatment-related optimistic beliefs and risk of HIV transmission: A review of recent findings (2009-2012) in an era of treatment as prevention
The promising outlook for HIV treatment as prevention (TasP) offered by the recent success in clinical trials has highlighted the need for effort against over-optimism toward anti-retroviral therapy (ART). It...
