Open AccessRacial/Ethnic Disparities in ART Adherence in the United States
Author(s) -
Jane M. Simoni,
David Huh,
Ira B. Wilson,
Jie Shen,
Kathy Goggin,
Nancy Reynolds,
Robert H. Remien,
Marc I. Rosen,
David R. Bangsberg,
Honghu Liu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e31825db0bd
Subject(s) - ethnic group , medicine , depression (economics) , heroin , demography , confounding , substance abuse , mental health , logistic regression , psychiatry , odds ratio , odds , clinical psychology , gerontology , drug , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
Minority race/ethnicity is generally associated with antiretroviral therapy nonadherence in US-based studies. Limitations of the existing literature include small samples, subjective adherence measures, and inadequate control for potential confounders such as mental health and substance use, which have been consistently associated with poorer adherence.