The Role of Financial Incentives Along the Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Continuum: A Qualitative Sub-study of the HPTN 065 (TLC-Plus) Study

• Published in: AIDS and behavior Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 245 - 257
• Main Authors: Tolley, Elizabeth E., Taylor, Jamilah, Pack, Allison, Greene, Elizabeth, Stanton, Jill, Shelus, Victoria, Dunner, Richard, Hodge, Theo, Branson, Bernard, El-Sadr, Wafaa M., Gamble, Theresa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral agents; Antiretroviral drugs; Antiretroviral therapy; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; Barriers; Behavior modification; Female; Health Psychology; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - psychology; HIV Infections - virology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Incentives; Infectious Diseases; Load tests; Maintenance; Male; Medication Adherence; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Monetary incentives; Motivation; North Carolina; Original Paper; Pain Management; Patient compliance; Prescription drugs; Public Health; Qualitative Research; Remuneration; Routines; Viral Load; Young Adult; North Carolina; Adherence; Financial incentives; Stage of change; HIV; United States

The stages of change (SOC) theory suggests individuals adapt incrementally to behaviors like adherence, requiring different strategies over the behavior change continuum. Offering financial incentives (FIs) is one strategy to motivate adherence. This qualitative sub-study examined adherence barriers...