Use of antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV in Australia between 1997 and 2012
dc.contributor.author | Power, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lyons, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Graham | |
dc.contributor.author | Dowsett, G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lucke, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-18T07:59:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-05-18T07:59:56Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-05-18T00:22:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Power, J. and Lyons, A. and Brown, G. and Dowsett, G. and Lucke, J. 2017. Use of antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV in Australia between 1997 and 2012. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV. 29 (1): pp. 61-66. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67831 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09540121.2016.1198751 | |
dc.description.abstract |
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Current international targets aim for 90% of people diagnosed with HIV to be on antiretroviral treatment (ART). This paper aims to identify sociodemographic and attitudinal factors associated with ART non-use over time in three samples of Australian people living with HIV (PLHIV). Data for this paper were derived from an Australian cross-sectional survey of PLHIV that was repeated at three different time points: 1997, 2003, and 2012. There were approximately 1000 respondents to each survey (n = 3042 in total). The survey included approximately 250 items related broadly to health and well-being, ART use, and attitudes towards ART use. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used. While the proportion of participants using ART increased between 1997 and 2012 (78.8–87.6%, p < .001), there was a decrease between 1997 and 2003 to 70.6% (p < .001). Factors linked to ART non-use remained steady over those 15 years. In all cohorts, people less likely to be using ART were younger and had a more recent diagnosis of HIV. In 2003 and 2012, people in full-time employment were less likely to be using ART, while those whose main source of income was a pension or social security were more likely to be using ART. Multivariate models showed that, at each time point, a belief in the health benefits of delayed ART uptake was associated with non-use. These findings suggest that there may be barriers to ART uptake that have persisted over time despite changes to clinical guidelines that now encourage early uptake. | |
dc.publisher | Routledge | |
dc.title | Use of antiretroviral treatment among people living with HIV in Australia between 1997 and 2012 | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 29 | |
dcterms.source.number | 1 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 61 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 66 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0954-0121 | |
dcterms.source.title | AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV | |
curtin.department | School of Public Health | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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