TITLE:
The Detrimental Effect of Adversity on HIV Outcomes in the Era of Combined Anti-Retroviral Therapy
AUTHORS:
Corrado Cancedda, Katherine S. Eddens, Olumuyiwa Adebona, Revathi Ravi, Enbal Shacham, Edgar Turner Overton
KEYWORDS:
HIV; Outcomes; Psychosocial; Adversity; Adherence
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of AIDS,
Vol.2 No.4,
December
13,
2012
ABSTRACT: Socially disadvantaged individuals with HIV experience unacceptably high rates of AIDS and death. The authors developed an adversity index to quantify the impact of demographic and psychosocial factors on HIV care. This retrospective cohort study included 431 participants with HIV on combined antiretroviral therapy between 2000 and 2005. Poor outcome was defined as progression to AIDS, death, virologic failure, or CD4