Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use for HIV Management in the State of Florida: Medical Monitoring Project

• Published in: The journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 22; no. 11; p. 880
• Main Authors: Kelso-Chichetto, Natalie E, Okafor, Chukwuemeka N, Harman, Jeffrey S, Canidate, Shantrel S, Cook, Christa L, Cook, Robert L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use; Complementary Therapies - statistics & numerical data; Complementary Therapies - utilization; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Florida; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - therapy; HIV-1; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data; Viral Load - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; HIV; adherence; CAM

The aims of this study were to describe complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and to assess the relationships between CAM use and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA viral load suppression among a sample of persons living with HIV (PLWH) engag...