Use of Long-Acting Therapies for HIV Care in Italy: Are People Living with HIV Prepared for Change? A Cross-Sectional Study

Autor:	Valentina Massaroni, Valentina Delle Donne, Alberto Borghetti, Arturo Ciccullo, Francesca Lombardi, Gabriele Giuliano, Damiano Farinacci, Elena Visconti, Enrica Tamburrini, Simona Di Giambenedetto
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Anti-Retroviral Agents cART therapy Surveys and Questionnaires acceptability Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Humans HIV/AIDS HIV Infections long-acting injectable ART Settore MED/17 - MALATTIE INFETTIVE Injections
Popis:	Two hundred two people living with HIV (PLWH) selected from outpatients at the Infectious Disease Institute, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, in Rome (Italy) were consecutively enrolled from May to July 2021. We used an anonymous telephone questionnaire to investigate opinions of PLWH about combined antiretroviral (ARV) therapy and long-acting (LA) formulations of ARVs. All invited participants completed the questionnaire (100%). We found that most PLWH evaluated taking HIV pills for the rest of their life as a continuous, but undemanding commitment (61.4%
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::708e19ead3d21c301b9ed02da070a94b http://hdl.handle.net/10807/211043 Zobrazit plný text záznamu