title: Patient-related factors predicting HIV medication adherence among men and women with alcohol problems.
abstract: The study explored the relationship between HIV medication adherence and alcohol, cognitive, social and affective factors in 272 persons with alcohol problems. Alcohol and cognitive factors significantly differentiated those who did and did not adhere. Specifically, adherence confidence and number of drinks emerged as subfactors driving the associations to adherence. Among those who were less than perfectly adherent (n = 154), only alcohol factors predicted levels of nonadherence. Cognitive factors play a role in understanding some of the differences between those who do and do not adhere to their HIV medications, but they do not differentiate among levels of nonadherence.
authors.affiliation: Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, NY 10021, USA. jeffrey.parsons@hunter.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: Elana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosof
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mustanski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents