Title |
Cost-effectiveness of a nurse-based intervention (AIMS) to improve adherence among HIV-infected patients: design of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, July 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-13-274 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Edwin Oberjé, Marijn de Bruin, Silvia Evers, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Hans-Erik Nobel, Herman Schaalma, Jim McCambridge, Luuk Gras, Eric Tousset, Jan Prins |
Abstract |
Non-adherence to HIV-treatment can have a negative impact on patients treatment success rates, quality of life, infectiousness, and life expectancy. Few adherence interventions have shown positive effects on adherence and/or virologic outcomes. The theory- and evidence-based Adherence Improving self-Management Strategy (AIMS) is an intervention that has been demonstrated to improve adherence and viral suppression rates in a randomised controlled trial. However, evidence of its cost-effectiveness is lacking. Following a recent review suggesting that cost-effectiveness evaluations of adherence interventions for chronic diseases are rare, and that the methodology of such evaluations is poorly described in the literature, this manuscript presents the study protocol for a multi-centre trial evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of AIMS among a heterogeneous sample of patients. |
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Spain | 1 | <1% |
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Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
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Psychology | 7 | 7% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 4% |
Other | 12 | 12% |
Unknown | 24 | 24% |