Open AccessHIV-Related Stigma, Motivation to Adhere to Antiretroviral Therapy, and Medication Adherence Among HIV-Positive Methadone-Maintained Patients
Author(s) -
Roman Shrestha,
Frederick L. Altice,
Michael Copenhaver
Publication year - 2019
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.0000000000001891
Subject(s) - methadone , medicine , mediation , logistic regression , clinical psychology , antiretroviral therapy , odds ratio , opiate substitution treatment , stigma (botany) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry , viral load , immunology , opioid , buprenorphine , receptor , political science , law
Opioid agonist therapies with methadone are associated with higher levels of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART); yet, no studies have explored factors associated with optimal ART levels in HIV-positive patients on methadone maintenance treatment, including explanatory pathways using mediation analysis.