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Antiretroviral pill count and clinical outcomes in treatment‐naïve patients with HIV infection [PDF]

HIV Medicine, 2017
ObjectivesTreatment guidelines recommend single‐tablet regimens for patients with HIV infection starting antiretroviral therapy. These regimens might be as effective and cost less if taken as separate drugs. We assessed whether the one pill once a day combination of efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir reduces the risk of disease progression compared
Young J., Smith C., Teira R., Reiss P., Jarrin Vera I., Crane H., Miro J. M., D'Arminio Monforte A., Saag M., Zangerle R., Bucher H. C., Boulle A., Stephan C., Cavassini M., del Amo J., Fatkenheuer G., Gill J., Guest J., Hans-Ulrich Haerry D., Hogg R., Justice A., Shepherd L., Obel N., Sterling T., Williams M.   +24 more
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Validation of self-report and hospital pill count using unannounced home pill count as methods for determination of adherence of antiretroviral therapy.

Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 2008
Adherence to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is very crucial for successful treatment outcomes. This study aimed to validate patient-self report (PSR) and hospital based pill count (HoPC) as adherence determination methods by using unannounced home visit pill count (HPC). The study was carried out at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Minzi, O.M.S., Naazneen, A.S.
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Self-reported and pill count measures of adherence to oral HIV PrEP among female sex workers living in South-Western Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Background Female sex workers (FSWs) in Uganda are at high risk of HIV infection. Scaling up oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will reduce HIV incidence if high levels of adherence are maintained. This study evaluates PrEP adherence using clinic-based
Nakiganda LJ, Grulich AE, Poynten IM, Serwadda D, Bazaale JM, Jin J, Bavinton BR.   +6 more
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Pill Count Adherence to Prenatal Multivitamin/Mineral Supplement Use among Low-Income Women [PDF]

The Journal of Nutrition, 2005
In the United States, the prevalence of third trimester anemia among low-income pregnant women is 29% and has not improved since the 1980s. Although low adherence has been linked to the ineffectiveness of iron supplementation programs, data regarding adherence to supplementation in low-income women are currently lacking.
Sunitha, Jasti, Anna Maria, Siega-Riz, Mary E, Cogswell, Abraham G, Hartzema, Margaret E, Bentley   +4 more
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Medication adherence in older people with rheumatoid arthritis is lower according to electronic monitoring than according to pill count. [PDF]

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2021
Objectives Suboptimal medication adherence is a serious problem in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. To measure medication adherence, electronic monitoring is regarded as superior to pill count.
Hartman L, Cutolo M, Bos R, Opris-Belinski D, Kok MR, Griep-Wentink HJRM, Klaasen R, Allaart CF, Bruyn GAW, Raterman HG, Voshaar MJH, Gomes N, Pinto RMA, Klausch LT, Lems WF, Boers M.   +15 more
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Unannounced Telephone-Based Pill Counts: A Valid and Feasible Method for Monitoring Adherence [PDF]

AIDS and Behavior, 2014
Phone-based unannounced pill counts to measure medication adherence are much more practical and less expensive than home-based unannounced pill counts, but their validity has not been widely assessed. We examined the validity of phone versus home-based pill counts using a simplified protocol streamlined for studies embedded in clinical care settings. A
R, Fredericksen, B J, Feldman, T, Brown, S, Schmidt, P K, Crane, R D, Harrington, S, Dhanireddy, J, McReynolds, W B, Lober, D R, Bangsberg, M M, Kitahata, Heidi M, Crane   +11 more
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Preliminary Validation of an Unannounced Telephone Pill Count Protocol to Measure Medication Adherence Among Young Adults With Perinatal HIV Infection. [PDF]

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care, 2020
Unannounced telephone pill counts are an objective antiretroviral therapy adherence measurement tool, but this method has not been validated in young adults (YA) living with perinatal HIV infection.
Bucek A, Raymond J, Leu CS, Warne P, Abrams EJ, Dolezal C, Wiznia A, Kalichman S, Kalichman M, Mellins CA.   +9 more
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Brief Report: Apparent Antiretroviral Overadherence by Pill Count is Associated With HIV Treatment Failure in Adolescents. [PDF]

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2016
Okatch H, Beiter K, Eby J, Chapman J, Marukutira T, Tshume O, Matshaba M, Anabwani GM, Gross R, Lowenthal E.   +9 more
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Unannounced telephone pill counts for assessing varenicline adherence in a pilot clinical trial

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2011
Nia Thompson1, Niaman Nazir1, Lisa Sanderson Cox1,2, Babalola Faseru1,2, Kathy Goggin3, Jasjit S Ahluwalia4, Nicole L Nollen1,21University of Kansas School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kansas City, KS, USA ...
Thompson N, Nazir N, Sanderson Cox L, Faseru B, Goggin K, Ahluwalia JS, Nollen NL   +6 more
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Adherence Assessment on Hypertension Therapy Using The Pill Count Method In Lubuk Kilangan Health Center, Indonesia

Jurnal Sains Farmasi & Klinis, 2023
: Adherence is a major problem in hypertension treatment. Patients' adherence can be evaluated through pill count by counting the remaining amount of the patient's medication at the beginning and the end, using a pillbox as a tool to improve patient ...
Najmiatul Fitria, L. Lailaturrahmi, Y. Sari, Fahira Tri Anata, Khairatul Husnia   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source