Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

HIV and antiretroviral treatment knowledge gaps and psychosocial burden among persons living with HIV in Lima, Peru

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dc.contributor.author Navarro Hoyos, Rafaella Alexandra
dc.contributor.author Paredes, J.L.
dc.contributor.author Echevarria Zarate, Juan Ignacio
dc.contributor.author González Lagos, Elsa Violeta
dc.contributor.author Graña, A.
dc.contributor.author Mejía Cordero, Fernando Alonso
dc.contributor.author Otero Vegas, Larissa
dc.date.accessioned 2021-10-04T23:00:58Z
dc.date.available 2021-10-04T23:00:58Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9835
dc.description.abstract This study aims to describe knowledge on HIV and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and psychosocial factors among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Lima, Perú, to explore characteristics associated to this knowledge, and determine its impact on sustained viral suppression. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 171 PLWH at the largest referral health care center in Lima. The psychosocial factors measured were depression, risk of alcoholism, use of illegal drugs and disclosure. A participant had “poor knowledge” when less than 80% of replies were correct. Sustained viral suppression was defined as two consecutive viral loads under 50 copies/mL. A total of 49% and 43% had poor HIV and ARV knowledge respectively; 48% of the study population screened positive for depression and 27% reported feeling unsupported by the person they disclosed to. The largest gaps in HIV and ARV knowledge were among 98 (57%) that did not recognize that HIV increased the risk of cancer and among 57 (33%) participants that did not disagree with the statement that taking a double dose of ARV if they missed one. Moderate depression was significantly associated to poor HIV and ARV knowledge. Non-disclosure and being on ARVs for less than 6 months were associated with not achieving sustained viral suppression. Our findings highlight important HIV and ARV knowledge gaps of PLWH and a high burden of psychosocial problems, especially of depression, among PLWH in Lima, Peru. Increasing knowledge and addressing depression and disclosure could improve care of PLWH en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS ONE
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject HIV en_US
dc.subject Depression en_US
dc.subject Psychological and psychosocial issues en_US
dc.subject HIV diagnosis and management en_US
dc.subject Medical risk factors en_US
dc.subject Multivariate analysis en_US
dc.subject Viral load en_US
dc.subject Alcoholism en_US
dc.title HIV and antiretroviral treatment knowledge gaps and psychosocial burden among persons living with HIV in Lima, Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256289
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.02
dc.relation.issn 1932-6203


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