title: Another look at depressive symptoms and antiretroviral therapy adherence: The role of treatment self-efficacy.
abstract: Depression has been strongly associated with poor HIV treatment adherence, but little research has explored how individuals manage to follow their regimens despite symptoms of major depression. Using a sample of antiretroviral therapy patients with clinically significant depressive symptoms (n = 84), we examined whether patients with optimal adherence differed from those with suboptimal adherence in terms of the types of depressive symptoms experienced and treatment self-efficacy. There were no significant differences between participants with regard to types of depressive symptoms. Findings indicate that patients with high treatment self-efficacy were more likely to report optimal levels of adherence than patients with low self-efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, USA ehousto1@iit.edu.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
authors.forename: Cassandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mikrut
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
authors.forename: Arryn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
authors.forename: Adam W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Fominaya
authors.affiliation: Loyola University Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tatum
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
authors.forename: Jeong H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020377:Self Efficacy
keywords: HIV; antiretroviral adherence; depressive symptoms; health disparities