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Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial
INTRODUCTION: Few interventions have demonstrated improved retention in care for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in sub‐Saharan Africa. We tested the efficacy of two personal support interventions – one using text messaging (SMS‐only) and the second pairing SMS with peer navigation (SMS+PN) – to impr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387209/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34435440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25774 |
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author | Steward, Wayne T Agnew, Emily de Kadt, Julia Ratlhagana, Mary Jane Sumitani, Jeri Gilmore, Hailey J Grignon, Jessica Shade, Starley B Tumbo, John Barnhart, Scott Lippman, Sheri A |
author_facet | Steward, Wayne T Agnew, Emily de Kadt, Julia Ratlhagana, Mary Jane Sumitani, Jeri Gilmore, Hailey J Grignon, Jessica Shade, Starley B Tumbo, John Barnhart, Scott Lippman, Sheri A |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Few interventions have demonstrated improved retention in care for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in sub‐Saharan Africa. We tested the efficacy of two personal support interventions – one using text messaging (SMS‐only) and the second pairing SMS with peer navigation (SMS+PN) – to improve HIV care retention over one year. METHODS: In a cluster randomized control trial (NCT# 02417233) in North West Province, South Africa, we randomized 17 government clinics to three conditions: SMS‐only (6), SMS+PN (7) or standard of care (SOC; 4). Participants at SMS‐only clinics received appointment reminders, biweekly healthy living messages and twice monthly SMS check‐ins. Participants at SMS+PN clinics received SMS appointment reminders and healthy living messages and spoke at least twice monthly with peer navigators (PLHIV receiving care) to address barriers to care. Outcomes were collected through biweekly clinical record extraction and surveys at baseline, six and 12 months. Retention in HIV care over one year was defined as clinic visits every three months for participants on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and CD4 screening every six months for pre‐ART participants. We used generalized estimating equations, adjusting for clustering by clinic, to test for differences across conditions. RESULTS: Between October 2014 and April 2015, we enrolled 752 adult clients recently diagnosed with HIV (SOC: 167; SMS‐only: 289; SMS+PN: 296). Individuals in the SMS+PN arm had approximately two more clinic visits over a year than those in other arms (p < 0.01) and were more likely to be retained in care over one year than those in SOC clinics (54% vs. 38%; OR: 1.77, CI: 1.02, 3.10). Differences between SMS+PN and SOC conditions remained significant when restricting analyses to the 628 participants on ART (61% vs. 45% retained; OR: 1.78, CI: 1.08, 2.93). The SMS‐only intervention did not improve retention relative to SOC (40% vs. 38%, OR: 1.12, CI: 0.63, 1.98). CONCLUSIONS: A combination of SMS appointment reminders with personalized, peer‐delivered support proved effective at enhancing retention in HIV care over one year. While some clients may only require appointment reminders, the SMS+PN approach offers increased flexibility and tailored, one‐on‐one support for patients struggling with more substantive challenges. |
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spelling | pubmed-83872092021-08-30 Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial Steward, Wayne T Agnew, Emily de Kadt, Julia Ratlhagana, Mary Jane Sumitani, Jeri Gilmore, Hailey J Grignon, Jessica Shade, Starley B Tumbo, John Barnhart, Scott Lippman, Sheri A J Int AIDS Soc Research Articles INTRODUCTION: Few interventions have demonstrated improved retention in care for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in sub‐Saharan Africa. We tested the efficacy of two personal support interventions – one using text messaging (SMS‐only) and the second pairing SMS with peer navigation (SMS+PN) – to improve HIV care retention over one year. METHODS: In a cluster randomized control trial (NCT# 02417233) in North West Province, South Africa, we randomized 17 government clinics to three conditions: SMS‐only (6), SMS+PN (7) or standard of care (SOC; 4). Participants at SMS‐only clinics received appointment reminders, biweekly healthy living messages and twice monthly SMS check‐ins. Participants at SMS+PN clinics received SMS appointment reminders and healthy living messages and spoke at least twice monthly with peer navigators (PLHIV receiving care) to address barriers to care. Outcomes were collected through biweekly clinical record extraction and surveys at baseline, six and 12 months. Retention in HIV care over one year was defined as clinic visits every three months for participants on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and CD4 screening every six months for pre‐ART participants. We used generalized estimating equations, adjusting for clustering by clinic, to test for differences across conditions. RESULTS: Between October 2014 and April 2015, we enrolled 752 adult clients recently diagnosed with HIV (SOC: 167; SMS‐only: 289; SMS+PN: 296). Individuals in the SMS+PN arm had approximately two more clinic visits over a year than those in other arms (p < 0.01) and were more likely to be retained in care over one year than those in SOC clinics (54% vs. 38%; OR: 1.77, CI: 1.02, 3.10). Differences between SMS+PN and SOC conditions remained significant when restricting analyses to the 628 participants on ART (61% vs. 45% retained; OR: 1.78, CI: 1.08, 2.93). The SMS‐only intervention did not improve retention relative to SOC (40% vs. 38%, OR: 1.12, CI: 0.63, 1.98). CONCLUSIONS: A combination of SMS appointment reminders with personalized, peer‐delivered support proved effective at enhancing retention in HIV care over one year. While some clients may only require appointment reminders, the SMS+PN approach offers increased flexibility and tailored, one‐on‐one support for patients struggling with more substantive challenges. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8387209/ /pubmed/34435440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25774 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Journal of the International AIDS Society published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International AIDS Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Steward, Wayne T Agnew, Emily de Kadt, Julia Ratlhagana, Mary Jane Sumitani, Jeri Gilmore, Hailey J Grignon, Jessica Shade, Starley B Tumbo, John Barnhart, Scott Lippman, Sheri A Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial |
title | Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_full | Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_short | Impact of SMS and peer navigation on retention in HIV care among adults in South Africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_sort | impact of sms and peer navigation on retention in hiv care among adults in south africa: results of a three‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387209/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34435440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25774 |
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