Rethinking the "pre" in pre-therapy counseling: no benefit of additional visits prior to therapy on adherence or viremia in Ugandans initiating ARVs.

Many guidelines recommend adherence counseling prior to initiating antiretrovirals (ARVs), however the additional benefit of pre-therapy counseling visits on early adherence is not known. We sought to assess for a benefit of adherence counseling visits prior to ARV initiation versus adherence counse...

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Main Authors: Mark J Siedner, Alexander Lankowski, Jessica E Haberer, Annet Kembabazi, Nneka Emenyonu, Alexander C Tsai, Conrad Muzoora, Elvin Geng, Jeffrey N Martin, David R Bangsberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3383698?pdf=render