Efficacy of Mobile phone use on adherence to Nevirapine prophylaxis and retention in care among the HIV-exposed infants in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: a randomized controlled trial
Autor: | Nyambura Kariuki, Dalton Wamalwa, Bashir Admani, Philip Ayieko, Ruth Nduati, Lilian Maureen Nyatichi Kebaya |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Nevirapine Randomization genetic structures Anti-HIV Agents PMTCT HIV Infections RJ1-570 law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial Pregnancy law Intervention (counseling) Health care Retention in Care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Pregnancy Complications Infectious Child 030505 public health Intention-to-treat analysis business.industry Attendance Infant Mobile phone use Kenya Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Infant mortality Prevention of mother to child transmission Cell Phone Use HIV-exposed infants Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Nevirapine prophylaxis Female 0305 other medical science business Research Article medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | BMC Pediatrics, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021) BMC Pediatrics Paediatrics Publications |
ISSN: | 1471-2431 2020-0765 |
Popis: | Background HIV is a major contributor to infant mortality. A significant gap remains between the uptake of infant and maternal antiretroviral regimens and only a minority of HIV-exposed infants receives prophylaxis and safe infant feeding. Losses to follow-up of HIV-exposed infants are associated with shortcomings of facility-based PMTCT models with weak community support of linkages. Use of mobile phones offers an opportunity for improving care and promoting retention assessed by timely attendance of scheduled appointments for the mother-baby pairs and achievement of an HIV-free generation. The objective of this study was to compare self-reported adherence to infant Nevirapine (NVP) prophylaxis and retention in care assessed by timely attendance of scheduled appointments over 10 weeks in HIV exposed infants randomized to 2-weekly mobile phone calls (intervention) versus no phone calls (control). Methods In this open label randomized controlled study, one hundred and fifty HIV infected women drawn from 3 health facilities in Western Kenya and their infants were randomly assigned to receive either phone-based reminders on PMTCT messages or standard health care messages (no calls) within 24 h of delivery. Women in the intervention arm continued to receive fortnightly phone calls. At 6- and 10-weeks following randomization we collected data on infant adherence to Nevirapine, mode of infant feeding, early HIV testing and retention in care in both study arms. All analyses were intention to treat. Results At 6 weeks follow-up, 90.7% (n = 68) of participants receiving phone calls reported adherence to infant NVP prophylaxis, compared with 72% (n = 54) of participants in the control group (p = 0.005). Participants in the intervention arm were also significantly more likely to remain in care than participants in the control group [78.7% (n = 59) vs. 58.7% (n = 44), p = 0.009 at 6 weeks and 69.3% (n = 52) vs. 37.3% (n = 28), p Conclusions These results suggest that phone calls are potentially an important tool to improve adherence to infant NVP prophylaxis and retention in care for HIV-exposed infants. Trial registration PACTR202007654729602. Registered 6 June 2018 - Retrospectively registered, https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=3449 |
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