HIV/AIDS Therapy
Underuse of antiretroviral therapy is not related to patient satisfaction with care
Published in Drug Week, July 28th, 2006
Researchers at the University of Illinois report, "We used longitudinal data to examine the roles of 4 dimensions of patient satisfaction as both predictors and outcomes of use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among women in the United States with HIV/AIDS."
"Generalized estimating equations were used to analyze time-lagged satisfaction-HAART relationships over 8 years in the Women's Interagency HIV Study," wrote J.K. Burke-Miller and colleagues. "Multivariate models showed that, over time, HAART use was associated with higher patient...
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Source: Drug Week (2006-07-28)
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