Open AccessPredictors of Disengagement in Care for Individuals Receiving Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Author(s) -
Jason Zucker,
Caroline Carnevale,
Paul Richards,
J Słowikowski,
Alexander Borsa,
Felix Gottlieb,
Isabella Marie Wang Vakkur,
Christel Hyden,
Susan Olender,
Alwyn Cohall,
Peter Gordon,
Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk
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.0000000000002054
Subject(s) - medicine , pre exposure prophylaxis , disengagement theory , cohort , mental health , family medicine , psychiatry , men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , syphilis
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) reduces incident HIV infections, but efficacy depends on adherence and retention, among other factors. Substance use disorders, unmet mental health needs, and demographic factors are associated with nonadherence in HIV-infected patients; we studied whether these affect PrEP retention in care.