Associations between Key Psychosocial Stressors and Viral Suppression and Retention in Care among Youth with HIV in Rural South Africa

Citation

Filiatreau, Lindsey M.; Pettifor, Audrey E.; Edwards, Jessie K.; Masilela, Nkosinathi; Twine, Rhian; Xavier Gómez-Olivé, F.; Haberland, Nicole; Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson; Lippman, Sheri A.; & Kahn, Kathleen (2021). Associations between Key Psychosocial Stressors and Viral Suppression and Retention in Care among Youth with HIV in Rural South Africa. AIDS and Behavior, 25(8), 2358-2368. PMCID: PMC8222008

Abstract

Despite improvements in access to antiretroviral treatment over the past decade, sub-optimal HIV care outcomes persist among youth with HIV (YWH) in rural South Africa. Psychosocial stressors could impede improved HIV treatment outcomes within this population. We linked self-reported psychosocial health and demographic data from a cross-sectional survey conducted among YWH aged 12-24 in rural South Africa to individual medical record data, including facility visit history and viral load measurements. Poisson regression with robust standard errors was used to estimate the associations between five psychosocial stressors- heightened depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale scores

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03198-9

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2021

Journal Title

AIDS and Behavior

Author(s)

Filiatreau, Lindsey M.
Pettifor, Audrey E.
Edwards, Jessie K.
Masilela, Nkosinathi
Twine, Rhian
Xavier Gómez-Olivé, F.
Haberland, Nicole
Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson
Lippman, Sheri A.
Kahn, Kathleen

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC8222008

Data Set/Study

Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ADHSS)

Continent/Country

South Africa

ORCiD

Pettifor - 0000-0002-3387-0817
Filiatreau - 0000-0002-0355-4477
Edwards, J -0000-0002-1741-335X