Differences in adoption of COVID-19 pandemic related preventive behaviour by viral load suppression status among people living with HIV during the first wave of the pandemic

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Ifeoma E. Idigbe¹  Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan²  Annie L Nguyen³  Zumama Khalid⁴  Nourhan M. Aly⁵  Folake B. Lawal⁶  Mohammed Jafer⁷  Passent Ellakany⁸  Jorma I. Virtanen⁹  Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga^1,10  Joanne Lusher^1,11 

[1] Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Clinical Sciences Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, 16132, Genova, GE, Italy;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Postgraduate Department, University of Sierra Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico;Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Regent’s University, London, UK;

关键词: HIV;    COVID-19;    Preventive measures;    Antiretroviral therapy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-023-06363-6

 received in 2022-09-13, accepted in 2023-05-19,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAdherence to antiretroviral therapy and COVID-19 preventive behaviours among people living with HIV during the pandemic has received little attention in the literature. To address this gap in knowledge, the present study assessed the associations between viral load, adherence to antiretroviral therapy and the use of COVID-19 prevention strategies during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a secondary analysis of data generated through an online survey recruiting participants from 152 countries. Complete data from 680 respondents living with HIV were extracted for this analysis.ResultsThe findings suggest that detectable viral load was associated with lower odds of wearing facemasks (AOR: 0.44; 95% CI:0.28–0.69; p < 0.01) and washing hands as often as recommended (AOR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.42–0.97; p = 0.03). Also, adherence to the use of antiretroviral drugs was associated with lower odds of working remotely (AOR: 0.60; 95% CI: 0.38–0.94; p = 0.02). We found a complex relationship between HIV positive status biological parameters and adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures that may be partly explained by risk-taking behaviours. Further studies are needed to understand the reasons for the study findings.

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