A Pilot Study of Adherence to Oral Medication and Health Beliefs of Adolescents With HIV and Their Mothers

Launched by NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI) · Dec 9, 2002

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The proposed study has two specific aims 1) to gather data about treatment adherence levels among adolescents (11-21 years) with HIV and 2) to obtain information about the adolescents and mothers' health beliefs and examine their relationship to the adolescents' adherence levels. This pilot study is designed to gather preliminary data about the feasibility of using several new measures with this population. To achieve these aims, a convenience sample of approximately 45 adolescents with HIV will be recruited. The adolescents and their mothers will complete a brief questionnaire about their ...

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Eligibility criteria

• • Subjects must be between the ages of 11 and 21 years.
• • Subjects must be diagnosed with HIV for at least one year (to ensure sufficient opportunity to experience living with a chronic condition such that adherence level is unlikely to be the result of skill or knowledge deficits).
• • Subjects must be prescribed oral medications (e.g., pills, liquids, inhaler) to be taken on a daily basis.
• • Subjects must be living with same female caregiver for at least one year.
• • Subjects must have a telephone number where he/she can be contacted during the two weeks after recruitment.
• • The adolescent and mother must be able to provide informed consent.
• • Adolescents must not have mental retardation or developmental delay that would prevent the adolescent from reading and comprehending the questionnaire.